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2014
On March 17, 2014, the Quality Circle met to discuss procedural issues arising from the legislative changes becoming effective in this year:
- compensation of experts and interim monitoring trustees
- resolution by the Federal Working Group of Insolvency Courts of December 13, 2013, on "commencement and requirements of interim debtor in possession proceedings"
- interim creditors' committee and InsO section 67 subsection 2 in practice
- reform of the EIR
The seminar "Introduction into the Work of an Insolvency Judge" at the National Judicial College in Trier was repeated again from February 23 to February 28, 2014. The slides used for the presentations (in German) can be downloaded from Downloads.
The annual one-day seminar was held in Stuttgart on July 25, 2014. Its objective was to familiarize the insolvency judges with the changes of the Insolvency Code provisions governing discharge proceedings for individuals.
2015
The members of the quality circle had a meeting in Heilbronn on February 23, 2015. The subjects of their discussion were
- the introduction of forumSTAR (a software used by the ordinary courts in the state of Baden-Württemberg)
- the handling of petitions for debtor in possession proceedings
- experiences with insolvency plans
On July 15, 2017, the speakers of the annual one-day seminar discussed the subjects of insolvency plans and debtor in possession proceedings.
2016 and 2017
The quality circle offered one-day seminars in Stuttgart during both of these years as well.The new version of the European Insolvency Regulation was discussed in both seminars because of its great importance. Problems arising in proceedings initiatied by creditor petitions were discussed in both years as well, On September 14, 2016, the focus was on measures compelling the performance of the debtor's duties during the pre-opening stage of the proceedings. The subject of the discussion on October 17, 2017 was the effect of the version of InsO (Insolvenzordnung = German Insolvency Code)section 14 in force since April 25, 2017, on declarations by creditor petitioners that their claim had been settled. Another important agenda item on October 17, 2017, was judicial education on the laws governing avoidance claims asserted by insolvency representatives..