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Supreme Court confirms foreign trustee in bankruptcy cannot deal with English property due to the "immovables rule"

Andrew Cooke, Maura McIntosh and Matthew Leake of HSF summarise a recent Supreme Court decision which illustrates the limits of the assistance the English courts can give a foreign insolvency office holder in relation to English immovable property.