Dalie Limited Liability Co (Dalie Co) applied to the people’s court for bankruptcy due to its poor business operations. On 30 April 2012, the people’s court rendered an order to accept the bankruptcy application and designated a bankruptcy administrator. At this moment, Dalie Co faced the following key financial matters:
(i) Construction Company had brought a lawsuit against Dalie Co for its delay to pay the construction price due, but the case was still pending for trial;
(ii) Dalie Co owed a loan totalling RMB 20 million yuan to Industry Bank, of which RMB 12 million yuan was secured by a guarantee agreement on the buildings of Dalie Co;
(iii) Dalie Co had provided a guarantee to Merchant Bank for a loan of RMB 10 million yuan borrowed by Jiqing Company. The loan has matured but Jiqing Company failed to repay the principal and interest.
Required:
Answer the following questions in accordance with the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of China, and give your reasons for your answers:
(a) state how to deal with the pending disputes between Construction Company and Dalie Co; (3 marks)
(b) state how to deal with the loan of RMB 20 million yuan owed to Industry Bank; (3 marks)
(c) state whether Merchant Bank was entitled to declare the credit and join the bankruptcy procedure. (4 marks)