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The following Restructuring & Insolvency news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—3 July 2025
Role, powers, functions and duties of a liquidatorThe role and function of a liquidatorA liquidator is the officer appointed when a company goes into...
Bonds and notesThe terms ‘bonds’ and ‘notes’ are used interchangeably (and there is no legal difference between the terms), though notes tend to be...
Bankruptcy searchesBankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentWhen a bankruptcy petition is presented by a creditor, the court shall as soon as...
Basic introduction to super senior, senior, mezzanine and junior debtThe range of funding options open to companies has exploded, resulting in a vast...
Transactions defrauding creditors—claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) allows for the avoidance of transactions which were designed to defraud creditors. Its provisions are intended to prevent parties from disposing of assets so as to
Avoiding invalid floating charges under section 245 of the Insolvency Act 1986Under section 245 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), liquidators and administrators can avoid certain floating charges if:•the floating charge was created at the relevant time•in certain circumstances, the company was
Wrongful trading claims under sections 214 and 246ZB of the Insolvency Act 1986What is wrongful trading?A wrongful trading claim applies to a person if:•the company has gone into insolvent liquidation or insolvent administration•at some time before the commencement of the company's liquidation or
Where proceedings are ongoing and the defendant enters creditors’ voluntary liquidation but the liquidators refuse to settle proceedings (drop hands) without payment of their costs to date, is there any authority for getting paid costs as an expense of the liquidation or attaching personal liability
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