Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—18 March 2021

Table of contents

• Key R&I law developments
• Insolvency Service holds consultation on Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
• Insolvency Service publishes monthly statistics for February 2021
• Publication of Finance Bill 2021
• Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Relevant Period in Schedule 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Insolvency litigation
• The application of the ‘coronavirus test’ in winding up proceedings (Newman v Templar Corporation)
• Jurisdiction and the burden of proof in a claim under section 423 Insolvency Act 1986 (Pathania v Tashie-Lewis)
• Lord Chief Justice publishes message on courts recovery
• Oyston v Rubin

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes: a new consultation from the Insolvency Service on The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, analysis of the court’s application of the ‘coronavirus test’ in winding up proceedings (Newman v Templar Corporation), news of the extension of the protection from forfeiture for business tenancies, plus a round-up of other news and cases for restructuring and insolvency professionals.