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Case update: High Court decision
On 6 August 2025, the High Court handed down the decision of Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2025] HCA 29 (Helensburgh Coal Decision).
Will Singapore become an international centre of debt restructuring?
A comparative analysis of Singapore's bold insolvency reforms
Singapore has made significant reforms to its insolvency and restructuring legislation in recent times. These reforms have significantly enhanced the power of restructuring tools available in Singapore, through what has been described as a unique hybrid regime combining the flexibility of the English regime with the powerful arsenal of US Chapter 11 provisions.
Our financial restructuring and insolvency partner Noel McCoy has written a special report, first published by INSOL International. This paper analyses Singapore’s legislative reforms comparative to England and Wales and the US. It also analyses the potential impact of these legislative changes, with particular emphasis on enforceability and recognition in the US, England and Wales and the Asia-Pacific region.
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Principal Contractor appointment in the renewable energy sector: Issues arising from split contract model
The shift in delivering renewable energy projects away from engaging a single contractor who takes full responsibility for the engineering, procurement, and construction aspects of a project (EPC contract model) to instead developers contracting directly with multiple specialised contractors for separate packages of work (split contract model) raises interesting issues concerning satisfying the principal contractor requirements under work health and safety (WHS) legislation.
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