Bankruptcy Immigrants

05/29/12

Fascinating story in the Guardian about Irish debtors temporarily moving to the UK in order to gain access to more favorable bankruptcy law.  I guess the Brit's have a more lenient version of 522(b)(3) or a looser good faith filing doctrine/plan approval/discharge requirement.  I wonder how long this sort of international loophole will remain open within the EU.  I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of Spanish immigrants to the UK between more favorable bankruptcy law (although Spain recently liberalized its bankruptcy law) and the Spanish economy.    

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