Wilberforce Chambers

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Iain Pester of Wilberforce Chambers, looks what effect a bankruptcy order has on any pre-existing individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) that the bankrupt has entered into with their creditors, including what happens to the assets comprised in the IVA, and the rights of the IVA creditors.

This Practice Note focuses on the role of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator, circumstances in which the Panel will exercise special functions of the Pensions Regulator and relevant procedures and practices. It also looks at the role of the Upper Tribunal, to whom determinations of the Panel may be referred.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Thomas Robinson of Wilberforce Chambers, considers the effect of a company’s insolvency on an occupational pension scheme in respect of which the company is the employer. It also notes consequences if the company is the trustee of the scheme. It does not consider multi-employer schemes.

This Precedent, produced in partnership with Lexa Hilliard QC of Wilberforce Chambers, is the chair's report on the company meeting and decision procedure to approve a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).

This Precedent, produced in partnership with Lexa Hilliard QC of Wilberforce Chambers, is a director's proposal for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).