Facts
The appellants, [A.A.] , [B.A.] and [C.A.] , have filed a complaint in civil matters against the decision of the High Court of the Canton of Thurgau of 11 September 2013. The subject of the proceedings are provisional measures in the challenge procedure, in particular the ordering of restrictions on disposal and land register blocks for various properties owned by [U.] Immobilien AG, as well as the request to the High Court of the Canton of Zurich to withhold the amount of money from the sale of [T.] Holdings Inc.
The appellants are the life partner and sons of [R.Z.] , over whom bankruptcy was opened on 13 July 2004. Before the opening of bankruptcy, [R.Z.] had transferred numerous assets to his life partner and sons, including 54,100 shares of [T.] Holdings Inc. and all 500 shares of [U.] Immobilien AG.
The District Court [V.] had issued various restrictions on disposal, prohibitions on alienation and orders for surrender with a superprovisional ruling of 9 December 2011 and subsequently with a decision on measures of 4 July 2013. The appellants have appealed against these decisions and requested the cancellation of the provisional measures and free legal aid.
Considerations
The Federal Court has dealt with the question of whether the appellants suffer an irreparable harm due to the contested provisional measures. It has found that the provisional registration of restrictions on disposal and land register blocks does not constitute an irreparable harm, as a favorable outcome of the main proceedings for the appellants would render the provisional measures obsolete or at least lead to their cancellation.
The Federal Court has further found that the ordering of a land register block with regard to the properties is admissible for…