We have published the following Practice Notes for dispute resolution practitioners:
Corporate insolvency for dispute resolution practitioners: administration—this Practice Note summarises administration from a litigator's perspective. It outlines what administration is, the effect of administration on legal proceedings, the methods of appointment of an administrator, the administrator's role and powers, the process following appointment and ending administration
Corporate insolvency for dispute resolution practitioners: compulsory liquidation—this Practice Note summarises the key features of compulsory liquidation from a litigator's perspective including the effect of compulsory liquidation on legal proceedings, dispositions of company property after the presentation of a winding-up petition, how to wind up a company and when provisional liquidation is appropriate
Corporate insolvency for dispute resolution practitioners: creditors' voluntary liquidation—this Practice Note summarises the key features of a creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) from
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