Executive Summary In a radical departure from settled case law, the English High Court has eroded the protections of English law creditors guaranteed by the Rule in Gibbs1 . In Silverpail Dairy (Ireland) Unlimited Company v. McCarthy [2023] EWHC 895 (Ch), the English High Court applied Irish law to English governed law debt claims, including unpaid amounts owing to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), so as to bind English law creditors to an Irish law scheme of arrangement.