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