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Lexis®PSL Restructuring & Insolvency monthly highlights—October 2016

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Published on: 31 October 2016

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October 2016 highlights from the Lexis®PSL Restructuring & Insolvency team. This month’s highlights include a wealth of legislation notifications, including the long awaited release of the Insolvency Rules (England and Wales) 2016, and some enactment notifications for the Deregulation Act 2015 and the Small Business Employment and Enterprise Act 2015, as well as the result of the appeal in Horton vHenry and other interesting case law. Finally, not forgetting to mention that our very own Restructuring & Insolvency team won Education and Training provider of the year at the Turnaround Restructuring and Insolvency Awards.

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