Guernsey: Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-Structuring

Parts XXI to XXIV of the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008, as amended (the Companies Law) contain the main statutory provisions relating to corporate insolvencies and reorganisations...

This was an interlocutory hearing which, among other things, concerned: (i) specific disclosure requests; (ii) repetition of certain searches on the basis that the searches carried out were insufficient; (iii) the requirement to file a discovery protocol; and (iv) various declaratory orders in the context of discovery.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (‘JCPC') considered appeals from the Guernsey Court of Appeal (‘GCA') and the Jersey Court of Appeal (‘JCA').