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Former administrators have standing to apply for additional remuneration but application dismissed (Frost and another v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd and others)

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Published on: 11 April 2024

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Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: An application by the former administrators of a company for an increase in their remuneration has been dismissed, despite the court concluding that they had standing to bring the application itself. Written by Phillip Patterson, barrister, Gatehouse Chambers.

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