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Legal Hypothecs of Construction get Priority over a Super Priority Granted by the Court for dip Financing in Respect of Certain Assets of the Bankrupted Party
Creditors petitioned the Court in order to have it amend the order of priority for payment determined by the trustee, so that their claims have priority over the super priority of the Caisse Populaire, but strictly in respect of part of the assets.
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The Interpretation of a Progress Payment by a Bankruptcy Judge Sitting in the Province of Quebec
This publication was authored by Luc Thibaudeau, former partner of Lavery and now judge in the Civil Division of the Court of Québec, District of Longueuil. A recent Superior Court decision deals with a Progress Payment Agreement and a Master Lease Agreement between a financing company, Maximum (…)
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The Partnership and the Independent Patrimony of its Partners: the Bankruptcy of Ferme C.G.R. Enr. S.E.N.C.
On April 16, 2010, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued a judgment concerning the right of a general partnership (“S.E.N.C.”) to file for assignment under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act without its partners having also filed for the assignment of their assets, themselves.By responding (…)
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Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 1
Can an employer trim its costs by changing one element of its employees’ remuneration ? Entering the “Zone of Insolvency“ - What to do ? Ecomonic slowdown - Some concrete financing indications and how to react