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- Furthermore, specific provisions in the Bankruptcy Code, such as Section 365 (e), explicitly prohibit terminating a contract solely because of a debtor's bankruptcy or insolvency. This legal structure is crucial for protecting the debtor's assets and facilitating the successful rehabilitation of the debtor within the bankruptcy process.
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One of the least known aspects of bankruptcy law in Canada is that when you file bankruptcy you may break any contract you have as part of the restructuring of your financial situation.
Apr 1, 2019 · Translated from bankruptcy-ese, this statute means that a clause that terminates a contract because of the "insolvency" or "financial condition" of the debtor, or due to the filing of a bankruptcy case, will be unenforceable once a bankruptcy case has been filed.
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Common law provides no right of termination in the event of insolvency or financial difficulty. The situation must therefore be prescribed for expressly in the contract.
On 26 August 2018, the Government published a response to its 2017 consultation on Insolvency and Corporate Governance and its 2016 Review of the Corporate Insolvency Framework. The aim of these co...
Efforts aimed at maximising the chances of rescuing businesses who rely upon contracts to continue to trade are clearly necessary and welcome. However, the devil will be in the detail of the legisl...
Termination on bankruptcy, or ipso facto clauses, are contract terms “according to which the insolvency of a party automatically terminates the contract or constitutes a material breach.”1 These clauses therefore purport to automatically terminate or give the non-debtor party the right to terminate the contract if some specified triggering event...
This Note reviews the circumstances in which non-defaulting parties can terminate a contract with an insolvent debtor, including one who is in receivership, bankruptcy or restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36 or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. B-3.
A practice note outlining the law on terminating a contract under a termination clause and at common law. It discusses repudiatory breach and other common termination events, including insolvency. It also considers which contracts can be terminated by reasonable notice under an implied term.
Parties, however, can use ipso facto clauses to preserve certain contractual rights in the event that one of the contracting parties has entered into bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, including the right to terminate the contract.
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