Insolvency & Restructuring Law·Hong Kong SAR China·Judiciary Legal Reference System (LEGALREF)·2 weeks ago
Singapore subsidiary in liquidation winds up Hong Kong parent over USD4.335m paid after the subsidiary's own winding-up application; ordinary-course payment for goods is no defence without benefit to creditors.
Industry: Across industries
Professional Body Regulations & Accountant Licensing·Norway·Regnskapnorge·2 weeks ago
Regnskap Norge controllers trace risk to routines to execution; generic assessments and undocumented follow-up fail. Adapt systems and show engagement lead involvement.
Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
Government Procurement & Public Tender Rules·France·Légifrance·2 weeks ago
The Conseil d'État rejects Sin-le-Noble's appeal: partial payments impute to principal before interest, and the execution judge may clarify an interest rate without rewriting the ruling.
Industry: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Insolvency & Restructuring Law·Estonia·Riigikohus·2 weeks ago
An annulled bankruptcy still leaves both trustees entitled to pay; Riigikohus quashed the lower courts' fee orders and sent fees and cost-sharing back for retrial.
Industry: Across industries
Government Procurement & Public Tender Rules·France·Légifrance·2 weeks ago
Challenges to the €60,000 supplies/services and €100,000 works limits for awards without advertising fail; buyers must still pick a relevant offer and rotate contractors. Decided 19 October 2026.
Industry: Across industries
Company Formation, Registry & Corporate Filings·Hong Kong SAR China·Judiciary Legal Reference System (LEGALREF)·2 weeks ago
CFI: s.42 needs no prior declaration where cogent evidence displaces the register; authority challenges go by strike-out at the outset; false sole-director record ordered removed.
Industry: Across industries
Insolvency & Restructuring Law·Hong Kong SAR China·Judiciary Legal Reference System (LEGALREF)·2 weeks ago
The court rejected the argument that a fully secured creditor can never issue a statutory demand, and held a later bankruptcy would neither strand the appeal nor force the debtor's companies into liquidation.
Industry: Across industries
Company Formation, Registry & Corporate Filings·Finland·Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus·3 weeks ago
Limited companies, cooperatives, branches and European companies must confirm their trade-register details as up to date in YTJ each calendar year, first by 31.12.2027; the free review opens in spring 2027.
Industry: Across industries
Insolvency & Restructuring Law·United Kingdom·Case Law·3 weeks ago
Two winding-up petitions over construction debts were restrained: the Alton application failed mandatory content rules and was time-barred, and a £62k delay cross-claim exceeded both debts.
Industry: Construction
Commercial & Contract Law·United Kingdom·Case Law·3 weeks ago
An English fund LPA signed by one director with no witness signature was never a deed, so its power of attorney could not move the partnership to Cayman; neither estoppel nor contract could cure the defect.
Industry: Trusts, funds and similar financial entities
Government Procurement & Public Tender Rules·United Kingdom·Laws of Gibraltar·3 weeks ago
From 15 October 2026, Gibraltar granters may award without publishing a notice after a failed competition, with a sole supplier, in urgency or on Minister protection grounds; £5m+ projects gain duration factors.
Industry: Across industries
Professional Body Regulations & Accountant Licensing·Poland·Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce·3 weeks ago
SKwP adds Warszawa as a tenth exam city with 40 new sittings from 7 November 2026 to 19 June 2027 across its three bookkeeping qualifications; all other cities unchanged.
Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
Data Protection & Privacy Law·Monaco·Journal de Monaco·3 weeks ago
Arrêté n° 2026-548 lists the countries, territories and organisation deemed adequate under Law n° 1.565 article 97; transfers there rest on adequacy, others need safeguards or a derogation.
Industry: Across industries
Primary Legislation / Official Gazette·Germany·Rechtsprechung des Bundes·3 weeks ago
The 23rd AWV amendment in force 17 October replaces the Ausfuhrliste, drops Zimbabwe from the §74 arms embargo list, extends §76a exemptions to EU sanctions bans and adds Russia, Belarus, Iran and DPRK offences to §82.
Industry: Across industries
Shareholder Rights & General Meeting Rules·Lithuania·Liteko·3 weeks ago
Kaunas regional court sends shareholder-information refusal back: the 7-day clock was never tested, and post-ruling replies cannot be decided on appeal.
Industry: Across industries
Government Procurement & Public Tender Rules·Lithuania·Liteko·3 weeks ago
LVAT annulled the 25 per cent correction for an oversized social flat: a formal breach is not budgetary harm, and its possibility must be individualised, not presumed.
Industry: Across industries
Government Procurement & Public Tender Rules·Lithuania·Liteko·3 weeks ago
Appeal court upholds Plungė street-maintenance price caps: a supplier's own cost tables without primary data do not prove manifest breach, and bidding within caps does not concede their lawfulness.
Industry: Across industries
Company Formation, Registry & Corporate Filings·Denmark·Erhvervsstyrelsen·3 weeks ago
Boards may dispense with the auditor report for non-cash distributions but carry the valuation risk; filings need a reasoned statement, minutes and, for automatic or deficit reductions, new full-text articles.
Industry: Trusts, funds and similar financial entities
General Court Decisions & Case Law·Lithuania·Liteko·3 weeks ago
The appeal court kept EUR 14,115.86 of repair costs with PVM: actually paid PVM is a loss until the specific deduction is proved, and granting one alternative claim means the action succeeds in full.
Industry: Across industries