Thursday, April 10, 2008

Lords ruling helps foreign liquidators

Lords ruling helps foreign liquidators

By Megan Murphy, Law Courts Correspondent

Published: April 9 2008 12:56 | Last updated: April 9 2008 12:56

Foreign liquidators may find it easier to take control of English assets in multinational insolvency proceedings following a closely-watched ruling by the House of Lords.

Britain’s highest court on Wednesday backed the principle that English courts should co-operate with other jurisdictions ``as much as possible’’ to ensure that the assets of bankrupt companies based abroad are distributed among creditors under a single system.

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