Emma Horner

4 Stone Buildings

Emma is a commercial chancery barrister and member of 4 Stone Buildings. She specialises in commercial litigation, company, insolvency and financial services.

Prior to coming to the Bar Emma read law at Trinity College Dublin, spending a year study abroad in the United States at Washington and Lee School of Law in Virginia, followed by a masters in commercial law at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

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Does section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 apply in a pre-pack scenario to a person who is a new de jure

Q&A

This Q&A considers whether, in the context of a pre-pack, section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (prohibited names) applies to de facto directors of Oldco who subsequently become de jure directors of Newco.

Restructuring & Insolvency

Is an agreement to pay x if y fails to make payment a guarantee or does the word guarantee need to be

Q&A

This Q&A looks at whether the word ‘guarantee’ needs to be used when creating a guarantee for it to be valid.

Banking & Finance

When a company is placed into administration, can the administrator access the job retention scheme?

Q&A

This Q&A deals with whether the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme can be accessed by an administrator of a company which has been placed into administration.

Restructuring & Insolvency

Where a winding up petition is based on the service of a statutory demand on a company, which is not

Q&A

This Q&A considers whether, when a winding-up petition is based on the service of a statutory demand on a company, which has not been complied with, it is necessary to file the statutory demand and the evidence of its service prior to the hearing of the application to wind up the company.

Restructuring & Insolvency