Statutory Insolvency Trustee? Guarantees of independence and impartiality in a pre-packaged reorganisation

Statutory Insolvency Trustee? Guarantees of independence and impartiality in a pre-packaged reorganisation Abstract The topic of this thesis is the analysis of the right to a statutory judge enshrined in the Charter and its possible application to insolvency proceedings. In particular, the thesis deals with the interpretation of this right and its possible application to other subjects deciding in individual proceedings (e.g. executors, arbitrators, public prosecutors, and insolvency trustees) and the evaluation of the fulfilment of the guarantees arising from this right in insolvency proceedings. The first part of the thesis is thus devoted mainly to the analysis of Article 38 of the Charter, identification of the individual components, i.e. the requirements for legal regulation, which arise from this article and determination of specific aspects of the applicability of this article to other proceedings. The starting point in this respect is in particular the decisions of the Constitutional Court. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the specific requirements arising from the Charter, in particular the guarantees of independence and impartiality of the body deciding the case. It analyses the requirements for the independence and impartiality of courts and judges and compares them with the conditions..