THE COURTS HURRIED TO BRING THE HEAD OF DEBTOR TO SUBSIDIARY LIABILITY AND MADE A MISTAKE

THE COURTS HURRIED TO BRING THE HEAD OF DEBTOR TO SUBSIDIARY LIABILITY AND MADE A MISTAKE

THE COURTS HURRIED TO BRING THE HEAD OF DEBTOR TO SUBSIDIARY LIABILITY AND MADE A MISTAKE
The complaint of the former head of debtor, who did not agree with bringing him to subsidiary liability, was submitted to the Arbitration Court of the North-West District.  The judges of the first and the appellate instances came to the conclusion that it was necessary, however, this decision was considered erroneous in cassation.

The bankruptcy trustee submitted an application for bringing the head of debtor to subsidiary liability and referred to several circumstances at once.

Among them, there were untimely transfer of the debtor's documentation, causing harm to creditors by a number of transactions and failure to file a bankruptcy petition in a situation where there was a debt to one of the creditors.

The judges of the first and appeal instances considered the circumstances listed by the trustee to be proven and brought the former head of debtor to justice, but the district court indicated that the conclusions were premature.

It was noted by the cassation that the argument about the untimely transfer of documentation requires verification, since on the basis of these documents the trustee challenged a number of transactions, and additional funds were transferred to the bankruptcy estate.  Regarding the harm caused to creditors by the commission of a number of transactions, it was noted that the named agreements were contested by the trustee and declared invalid.  As for the late filing of the company's bankruptcy petition, the district court indicated that such a conclusion was mistakenly made without a full and comprehensive study of the circumstances of the case.

Now, the court of first instance will have to work on the errors in the framework of re-consideration of the case (decision in case ¹ A56-28344 / 2014 of July 21, 2021).

24.08.2021