21 January 2016

Lawyers say the growing popularity of fake claims bankruptcy, which served the purpose of cause reputational damage to the company’s request. Court 10–15 days will return such a claim to the applicant as unfounded, but these days the company for which he served, may lose lucrative contract, and then to lose an existing, or even get the bank’s claim for early repayment of the loan. Absolute cure for this nasty legal market participants have not yet found. Together with colleagues in a situation versed Irina Serova, head of the branch «Khrenov and Partners» in St. Petersburg.

False claims about the bankruptcy have not yet become a real disaster, but many members of the legal market to notice the growth of their popularity in the debt wars. Background of this inherent in the very procedural ability of any person to submit any claim to anyone. «The system default displays information about all statements even before a lawsuit gets into the office and will be distributed to the judge,« — explains Head of Dispute Resolution Practice Rightmark group Pavel Ilyin.

In the case of invalidity of a bankruptcy petition will be returned to the applicant, but it will take 3 days to 2 weeks, and all this time card bankruptcy case will be an eyesore to creditors of the company and cause damage to her reputation. For some debtors such damage could be fatal.
Forgot that repaid

One of the recent cases — claim for bankruptcy of JSC «Children», the operator of the eponymous retail chain of children’s products, from cosmetics manufacturer Concern «Kalina». «Children» are assured that the duty to concern — 1.2 million rubles — has long been extinguished and the placing of the letter from «Kalina» that she did not file a claim, and has no claims. However, immediately after this action a declaration of bankruptcy one of the structures of the «Children» filed uzheAlfa Bank.

In a similar situation already appeared «Intarsia», «Dalpiterstroy» and the Petersburg Leasing Company, which also received claims from the bankruptcy creditors who claimed that had not filed such claims. «Intarsia» and «Dalpiterstroy» escaped an unpleasant conversation, but the PLC is actually bankrupt.
«As a rule, the basis of this claim is a real commitment to the defendant, confirmed the decision of the court to recover the debt, — says partner» Appeal Centre «Vladimir Poluyanov. — But only a commitment has already been executed and the applicant is silent.»

Types of damage

The effect of such a claim can be different and depends on the size of the real difficulties of the victim. If she stands firmly on his feet, then the damage is likely to be reduced to unpleasant discussions with creditors and counterparties. But there can be a real difficulty. «In practice, our was an example of when this method is used as a pretext for unilateral termination of the contract. The fact of initiation of bankruptcy proceedings the debtor was grounds for termination, prescribed in the contract, — says a senior lawyer» RAUD «Yuri Apukhtin. — As a result, the company received a loss. Another firm missed a large government contract, as a claim for bankruptcy is a condition for refusing entry to tender. «

According to Natalia Tantsyura, JAG lawyer in her practice using lime claim the bank has received the right to demand early repayment of the loan. «This condition is spelled out virtually 100% of the loan agreements,« — agreed with his colleague Irina Serova, head of the St. Petersburg branch of «Hrenov and partners.»
Possible, and a snowball effect, adds a lawyer «Prime Advice — St. Petersburg» Anastasia Morozkovo: «After the information about the bankruptcy lawsuit other lenders will rush to submit their claims — this time real. Then, the debtor will be difficult to repay the rising excitement and to avoid leaving in bankruptcy» .

No reception

«To counteract such actions is almost impossible — recognizes Nina Bauer, managing partner» Yusland. «- Remains only detail to inform the court about the unreliability of the submitted documents." In this case, the court pretty quickly return the applicant’s claim.
But even in the best case it will take several days, during which the defendant will have to convince their financial solvency of their counterparties. «Almost everything that the debtor can do, takes so much time that the objectives of villains already achieved, — says Vladimir Poluyanov. — In addition, experience shows that even the original payment documents clearly indicating the purpose of payment is not always convince partners.»