On Issue of Civil and Legal Liability of the Insolvency Officer for Actions (Inaction) of Third Parties in a Bankruptcy Case

Abstract

Considering the right of the insolvency officer to involve other persons, including employees of the debtor, to ensure his powers, the article examines the possibility of bringing the officer to civil and legal liability in the form of recovering damages for actions (inaction) of such persons. It summarizes and analyzes the judicial practice at the level of the Arbitration District Courts and the Judicial Panel on Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. A conclusion is made of admissibility in certain cases of bringing the insolvency officer to civil and legal liability for the actions of the persons involved by him. The illegal behavior and the fault of the insolvency officer can be expressed in improper control over the actions (inactions) of third parties, in selecting an incompetent person. The article offers to regulate at the legislative level the issue of the possibility of bringing the insolvency officer to liability for actions of other persons, by including such rules in the Bankruptcy Law.