National Report for England and Wales

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Abstract

This report forms part of a global study undertaking an international comparison of the treatment of executory contracts in the context of insolvency. The introduction covers the history of insolvency law in England and Wales and a description of the procedures available to distressed companies. Section C describes the treatment of executory contracts under the law. It explores if and to what extent it has changed over time and whether their treatment is consistent with the pivotal principles of the common law in regards to contracts: party autonomy, freedom of contract and legal predictability. These principles
also undergird the English corporate insolvency framework. Section D extends this consistency exercise to recent reforms of the treatment of these clauses. The final section concludes by observing that the proposed changes to the
treatment of executory contracts and termination clauses does not go as far as to reverse the long-established principles that underpin the English corporate and insolvency framework.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExecutory Contracts in Insolvency Law
Subtitle of host publicationA Global Guide
EditorsEugenio Vaccari, Jason Chuah
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter27
Number of pages29
ISBN (Print)978 1 78811 551 3
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • executory contracts
  • insolvency

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