Restructuring and Insolvency weekly highlights—20 March 2025

Table of contents

• Key R&I law developments
• Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for February 2025
• Companies House publishes two guidance documents on identity verification
• Companies House launches new ACSP registration service
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No 4) Regulations 2025
• Restructuring
• Thames water beats appeal against £3bn rescue plan
• Thames Water secures High Court sanction for restructuring plan (Re Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd)
• Corporate insolvency processes
• Insolvency and Companies Court orders winding up and declines to set aside statutory demands in contested proceedings (Martin v McLaren)

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Article summary

This week's edition of Restructuring and Insolvency weekly highlights includes: the Court of Appeal’s decision in respect of the Thames Water restructuring plan, an examination of a judgment in respect of a contested winding-up petition and two applications to set aside statutory demands (Martin v McLaren), a look at the principles that the court will apply when considering whether to give permission for expert evidence (Cohen v Co-Operative Group Ltd), plus a round-up of other news and cases for restructuring and insolvency professionals.