Na ruim twintig jaar neem ik afscheid als auteur van de serie Wessels Insolventierecht. De serie bestaat uit 10 delen die sedert 1999 zijn verschenen, momenteel (nagenoeg afgerond) in een vijfde druk. In overleg met de uitgever van de serie (Wolters Kluwer, Paul Bänziger) is in 2018 met het oog op een soepele overdracht naar een nieuwe generatie auteurs een… Read More »2022-09-doc1 Serie Wessels Insolventierecht – behouden vaart!
Article 6 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (MLCBI) contains the ‘public policy’ exception in the application of the law. It is a standard provision in UNCITRAL texts. Article 6 MLCBI (‘Public policy exception’) provides: ‘Nothing in this Law prevents the court from refusing to take an action governed by this Law if the action would be manifestly… Read More »2022-08-d0c3 About (over)stretching the public policy exception
Article 16 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (MLCBI) provides for important presumptions which assist the domestic court of the State, enacting the MLCBI, to reach a conclusion on the nature, status and effect of the respective foreign proceeding. Article 16 (‘Presumptions concerning recognition’) provides: If the decision or certificate referred to in paragraph 2 of article 15… Read More »2022-08-doc2 On presumptions in int’l insolvency law
In juli 2022 verscheen de tweede druk van ‘Compendium van het Nederlands faillissementsrecht’ van de hand van prof. R.M. Wibier. In 13 kloeke hoofdstukken wordt het onderwerp door Tilburgse hoogleraar systematisch en vrij uitvoerig doorgenomen. Nederlands faillissementsrecht. Ook de surseance van betaling komt aan bod (zij het beknopt), natuurlijk ook de per 1 januari 2021 ingevoerde regeling van de homologatie… Read More »2022-08-doc1 Wibier’s Compendium 2e druk
Morgen, vrijdag 15 juli, is het 416 jaar geleden dat Rembrandt werd geboren. Er zijn enkele bescheiden vieringen. Van 15 juli t/m 28 augustus organiseert Museum Het Rembrandthuis diverse activiteiten voor families en kinderen. Er is ook een verjaardagsviering in Leiden, in Museum De Lakenhal. Tot en met eind juli is hier het allerkleinste kunstwerk ter wereld te zien, gemaakt… Read More »2022-07-doc1 Rembrandt’s geboortedag
Over the past decade, Europe has been captivated by restructuring. Cross-border insolvency, initiated in the first decade, mainly overarched national insolvency systems. It was developed as a system of private international law. For restructuring the main drivers are discussions, recommendations and reports, ultimately leading to the EU 2019/1023 Preventive Restructuring Directive. One of the first books on this Directive (Paulus/Dammann… Read More »2022-06-doc4 O’Dea’s restructuring book
Textbooks for students, trying to master the theme conflict of laws (or: private international law (PIL) as many European continental countries term the subject), are rather straightforward. Several subjects in a systematic order presented, referenced with literature and case law. Many times, the legal scenery is rather unique, as conflict of laws can be found in national, European or ‘world-wide’… Read More »2022-06-doc2 Cuniberti’s 2nd ed. of Conflict of laws: a comparative approach
To accompany lectures abroad (ie outside the Netherlands) I am providing this text, taken from Bob Wessels, International Insolvency Law Part II. European Insolvency Law (4th. ed., 2017, published by Wolters Kluwer). By the way a 5th edition if forthcoming, aiming at late 2022. In the present par. 10764b I provide examples of powers of the main insolvency practitioner (especially… Read More »2022-06-doc1 Dominant position of the main IP under EIR 2015
This time a hideout in the well-settled framework of the EU Insolvency Regulation (EIR 2015). The Regulation’s scheme does provides for the opening of main insolvency proceedings (based on the a debtor’s centre of main interests (COMI of the debtor)) and allows for the opening of one or more secondary insolvency proceedings against a debtor in any EU member state… Read More »2022-05-doc2 On independent territorial insolvency proceedings
On 28 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its long-awaited judgment in the case of Heiploeg v FNV union. See CJEU 28 April 2022, Case C 237/20 (Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging v Heiploeg Seafood International BV, Heitrans International BV). The European court ruled that a Dutch pre-pack sale under certain circumstances can fall within the exceptions… Read More »2022-05-doc1 Heiploeg – European Commission: your move!