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How to invalidate a deal with the debtor's foreign real estate

The Arbitration Court of the Moscow District considered the case based on the complaint of a debtor, whose transaction, at the request of a bankruptcy trustee, was declared invalid by the lower authorities. The trustee considered the rights of creditors violated in a situation of alienation of the bankrupt’s house in Cyprus in favor of his young ...

THE SUPREME COURT OF RUSSIA ADMITTED OFFSETTING OF CLAIMS UNDER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT IN BANKRUPTCY

... (bankrupt company) and the customer. The courts of three instances sided with the applicant, but the Supreme Court of Russia rejected his claim him. The essence of the dispute arose as a result of the parties' performance of a contract, under which the debtor undertook to perform a certain amount of contract work. Under the terms of the agreement, the customer paid the contractor an advance. The contractor received the funds, but fulfilled his duties only by a third. Having considered a part of the ...

CAN A SPOUSE LIQUIDATE A DEBT OF A BANKRUPT?

When considering a case on challenging the repayment of the common debt of the spouses by the debtor's wife, the courts could not come to a common opinion, and the manager insisted on recognizing the transaction as invalid. But the Supreme Court put an end to the issue, having explained its position quite simply. Initially, the debt arose from ...

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