Dissolution of a company following compulsory liquidation or creditors' voluntary liquidation

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Practice notes

Dissolution of a company following compulsory liquidation or creditors' voluntary liquidation

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Produced in partnership with Karl Anderson of 4 Stone Buildings

Practice notes
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Compulsory liquidation or winding up by the court

Where the Official Receiver is appointed

On the making of a winding-up order by the court, the official receiver (OR) is appointed as liquidator.

When the OR has completed their enquiries and is satisfied that the winding up is for practical purposes complete, they may submit a notice to the registrar of companies stating that the winding up by the court is complete. Completion of a winding up occurs when the liquidator gets as far as they can to wind the affairs of the Company up.

The company will be dissolved three months after the notice is registered by the registrar of companies.

In accordance with Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (IR 2016), SI 2016/1024, r 7.70, the OR must deliver notice of intention to dissolve to creditors before giving notice to the Secretary of State under section 174(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) that the winding up is for practical purposes complete.

The notice must be accompanied

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Karl Anderson

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Karl is a barrister with a broad commercial chancery practice. He is frequently instructed on matters relating to banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, company law, civil fraud, and general commercial disputes. He often appears, both on his own and as part of a larger counsel team, in the High Court and the County Court.
 
Examples of recent reported cases include Autonomy Corporation Ltd v Lynch [2022] EWHC 1178 (Ch) and General Electric Company v AI Alpine US Bidco Inc [2021] EWHC 45 (Ch).
 
Karl is also a contributing editor to Zuckerman on Civil Procedure 4th Ed. (2021) (Sweet & Maxwell) and a contributor to Loose and Griffiths on Liquidators 9th Ed. (LexisNexis® 2019).

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