This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Kate Rogers of Radcliffe Chambers, looks at the moratorium, or stay, that exists in a company administration, the purpose of the moratorium, when it applies, its scope and effect, how to proceed when it is in place, and the factors the court will take into account when faced with an application to lift it. When a company is put into administration there is an automatic stay on the execution or institution of legal process without consent of the administrator or leave of the court. This note looks at the issues surrounding this.