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Establishing the requirements of a wrongful trading claim

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Published on: 14 August 2015

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What was the background to the application?
What were the legal issues that the Registrar had to decide in this application?
What were the main legal arguments put forward?
What did the Registrar decide, and why?
To what extent is this judgment helpful in clarifying the law in this area?
What practical lessons can those advising take away from the case?

Article summary

Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: When should directors conclude that a company has no reasonable prospect of avoiding going into insolvent liquidation? Chloe Poskitt, a solicitor, and Dominic Offord, a partner and head of commercial litigation and insolvency, at Browne Jacobson LLP, discuss the implications of the decision in Re Robin Hood Centre plc (in liquidation).

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