Claire Thompson

Barrister, Enterprise Chambers

Claire spent her first three years practicing from Enterprise Chambers’ London branch but has recently re-located to Enterprise Chambers’ Bristol branch. Claire continues to regularly appear in London, as well as now having an emphasis on work in Bristol and South Wales.

Since starting practice Claire has developed a broad commercial chancery practice in the above areas with a particular emphasis on any matter which involves a property or insolvency element allowing her to draw on her experience and expertise in these other areas.

She frequently appears in the County Court, the First-tier Tribunal and the High Court, on all manner of property cases (including possession proceedings, easements/restrictive covenants, adverse possession and service charges), insolvency matters (covering all manner of both personal and corporate, directors’ duties and other insolvency processes) and bank recovery proceedings (charges, mortgages, guarantees and indemnities).

Claire has extensive experience representing clients at mediation. She is also a CEDR accredited mediator and accepts instructions to act as mediator in disputes in any of the above practice areas.

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Application notice seeking a declaration that a transaction is void under section 284 of the Insolvency

Precedents

This Precedent, produced in partnership with Christopher Brockman and Claire Thompson of Enterprise Chambers, is a draft application notice seeking a declaration that a transaction is void under section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

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Gazette notice for the presentation of a winding-up petition under rule 7.10 of the Insolvency (England

Precedents

This Precedent, produced in partnership with Christopher Brockman and Claire Thompson of Enterprise Chambers, is for use by a petitioning creditor when giving notice of the presentation of a winding-up petition in the Gazette as required by rule 7.10 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, SI 2016/1024. Giving notice of the presentation of a winding-up petition in the Gazette is a key part of the compulsory winding-up process as it gives notice to other creditors that a winding-up petition has been presented against the debtor company.

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A summary checklist and timeline for the presentation, service and advertisement of a winding-up petition

Checklists

This is a summary checklist and timeline, produced in partnership with Christopher Brockman and Claire Thompson of Enterprise Chambers, in relation to the presentation of a winding-up petition by a creditor against a company based in England and Wales (also known as compulsory liquidation or compulsory winding-up), from the service of a statutory demand through to the final hearing of the winding-up petition. It considers the correct court, what the winding-up petition should contain, and the steps to be taken by the petitioning creditor. It also looks at what the debtor company should do if it opposes the winding-up petition.

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Application for a validation order for a company—checklist

Checklists

This Checklist, produced in partnership with Christopher Brockman and Claire Thompson of Enterprise Chambers, provides a summary of the main action points for use by a director in applying for a validation order under section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986 for disposition of company assets following the presentation of a winding-up petition.

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