The Richard Turton Award Panel is pleased to announce that the 2022 winner is Kayode Olude from Nigeria. Kayode is currently studying for a Master of Laws in International Commercial Law at University of Nottingham, his thesis expounding on the prospects of ratification of UNCITRAL Model Laws on cross-border insolvency in Africa’s largest economy – Nigeria, seeking to draw lessons from the experience of other jurisdictions that have adopted the model laws.

Kayode will be writing a paper “Quest for EU harmonisation of cross-border insolvency rules between EU and Non-EU countries; challenges and prospects”, which will be published in summary in one or more of the Member Associations' journals and in full here. As part of the award, Mr Olude is invited to attend the INSOL Europe conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia in October.

The panel adjudicating this year’s applications was made up of:
•    Neil Cooper, INSOL International
•    Nicky Fisher, R3
•    Maurice Moses, IPA
•    Robert van Galen, INSOL Europe

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Richard Turton had a unique role in the formation and management of INSOL Europe, INSOL International, the English Insolvency Practitioners Association and R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals in the UK. In recognition of his achievements these four organisations jointly created an award in memory of Richard. 

The award will be given to the best paper proposal and will be presented at the INSOL Europe Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 6-9 October 2022.

We invite applications from any person who:

• Is a national of a developing or emerging nation.
• Works in or studies insolvency & restructuring law and practice*.
• Is under 35 years of age.

The successful applicant will:

• Be invited to attend the INSOL Europe Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 6-9 October 2022 expenses paid.
• Write a paper of 3,000 words on a subject of insolvency or turnaround agreed with the panel. This paper will be published in summary in one or more of the four Member Associations' journals and in full on their websites.
• Be recognised at the Congress and receive a framed certificate of the Richard Turton Award.

If you fulfil the above criteria you are invited to apply by sending your CV, a 200 word personal statement, the title of your proposed paper and a brief synopsis** to Jelena Wenlock by the application deadline of 30 June 2022.

Applications will be adjudicated by a panel representing the four associations. Their decision will be made in July/August to allow the successful applicant to co-ordinate their attendance with INSOL Europe. 

*Students satisfying the nationality requirement, but studying in another country, are also eligible to apply.
** The content of the paper must constitute original work / research and may not constitute research that has previously been published, for example as part of a dissertation or thesis submitted as part of a university qualification or for a competition other than the one currently being applied for. Where limited previous research will be included as part of the paper, the synopsis of the paper that accompanies an application should make this clear and should provide the necessary detail as to the extent of the use of previous research. Should a paper consisting of limited previous research be selected as the winner, the paper itself should likewise indicate where the previous research was published as well as details regarding any financial support provided as part of that research.

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Abbas Abbasov

The Richard Turton Award Panel is pleased to announce that the 2021 winner is Abbas Abbasov from Azerbaijan. Abbas is currently a PhD student at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, in Germany, researching cross-border insolvency and restructuring law. His paper on “Protection of dissenting creditors’ interests: Direct application of the “substantive fairness’’ test while considering the recognition of foreign restructuring plans” can be downloaded here and will be published in summary in the Autumn edition of Eurofenix. As part of the award, Mr Abbasov is invited to attend the our Congress in Dublin in March 2022.

The panel adjudicating this year’s applications was made up of:
Neil Cooper, INSOL International
Nicky Fisher, R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals
Maurice Moses, Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) 
Robert van Galen, INSOL Europe

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Dr. Róbert Muzsalyi

The committee is delighted to announce that the 2016 winner is Dr. Róbert Muzsalyi from Hungary. Róbert works as a judicial clerk in the Supreme Court of Hungary. He is currently studying for his PhD (research topic ‘The Impact of EU Law on Hungarian Procedural Law’) at the Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.

This is the first time that we have had a winner from Hungary. Previous winners have come from Uganda, Belarus, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, PRC, Romania, Russia and Serbia.

As part of the award, Róbert is invited to attend the INSOL Europe Annual Congress (Lisbon, Portugal). He will be writing a paper on ”Directors’ liability: what should be the minimum harmonisation in the EU”, that will be published in summary in one or more of the Member Associations’ journals and in full on their website. We would like to congratulate Róbert for his excellent application and would also thank all the candidates who applied for the award this year.

Download Róbert's paper here: Directors’ liability: what should be the minimum harmonisation in the EU

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Waiswa Abudu-Salam

The Committee is delighted to announce that the 2015 winner is Waiswa Abudu Sallam from Uganda. Waiswa works for the Uganda Revenue Authority in the Debt Collection Department. He is currently studying for a Master of Laws in Corporate and Insolvency Law at Nottingham Trent University, UK (by distance learning). This is the first time we have had a winner from Uganda: Previous winners have come from Belaruse, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, PRC, Romania, Russia and Serbia.

As part of the award, Waiswa is invited to attend the INSOL Europe Annual Congress (Berlin, Germany). He will be writing a paper that will be published in summary in one or more of the Member Associations’ journals and in full on their websites. We would like to congratulate Waiswa for his excellent application and also thank all the candidates who applied for the award this year. There were many excellent submissions and the judges task was very difficult this year.

Download Waiswa's paper here: Insolvency Proceedings; A Double Edged Debt Collection Tool