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The financial restructuring group at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is tracking the following cases. We have briefly described issues and updates for each case relevant to the CAIRP membership. Unless otherwise noted, the information in the chart is current to July 31, 2024—more recent developments in each case are not reflected.

At CAIRP’s recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), we marked CAIRP’s 45th anniversary. It is hard to believe 45 years have passed since the Association was formed. Over the years, CAIRP and the industry...

By Chris Nyberg, Partner, MLT Aikins LLP & Kaitlin Ward, Associate, MLT Aikins LLP Since the release of Tantalus Labs Ltd. (Re), 2023 BCSC 1450 ("Tantalus"), a decision of the British Columbia Superior...

Supreme Court holds that Administrative Disgorgement Orders Survive Bankruptcy but Administrative Monetary Penalties Do Not

By Alexis Teasdale, Partner, Lawson Lundell LLP and Vanessa Allen, Senior-Vice President, MNP Ltd. This paper will use legal descriptions currently in use in Federal legislation, but the authors recognize...

Why insolvency professionals love what they do

By Julien Morissette, Lawyer and Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Introduction When a business is on the “verge of insolvency”, the ground is often fertile for liability claims against the directors...

By Michael Turcsanyi, CEO, TruPoint Sponsored Content -- Introduction -- It seems like every day we hear how about another business or entire industry is being hit hard by Cyber Security incidents....

By Matilda Lici, Associate, Aird & Berlis LLP The Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Re Singh, 2024 ONSC 837 recently considered whether courts have the authority under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency...

Virginia Torrie, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law The Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) has been on Canada’s statute books for almost 90 years. In the last four...