Scotland—Sheriff Court considers question of reimbursement of storage charge in protected trust deed (Samantha Warburton, as insolvency practitioner, as assumed trustee v The Accountant in Bankruptcy)

Table of contents

• Background
• Sheriff’s considerations
• Sheriff’s decision
• Commentary
• Case details

Article summary

Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: we take a look at a recent decision by the Sheriff at Edinburgh concerning whether a charge incurred by the trustee in a Protected Trust Deed (PTD) for ‘secure data and call recording storage’ can properly be considered a charge on the estate of the debtor. Written by Steven Wood of ICAS.