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Part 26A Restructuring Plans: how significant is the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Adler?

8 April 2024 / Author(s): Jo Windsor
Issue: April 2024 / Categories: Feature

The judgment sets out how a court should approach exercising its cross-class cram-down power, emphasising that any differential treatment of a dissenting class must be commercially justified where that class would be at least partially in-the-money in the “relevant alternative”. It also contains valuable reminders of best practice when using the Pt 26A procedure.

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