Navigate the key responsibilities and powers imparted to administrators, liquidators, and trustees. This topic provides a detailed practical framework essential for guiding office-holders through their legal duties and strategic decision-making processes in restructuring and insolvency cases.
The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—‘Misfeasance claims against administrators under...
The Insolvency Service has launched a consultation on corporate civil enforcement reforms, inviting views on 11 proposals aimed at modernising the...
The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—‘Duty to co-operate with office-holder under...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The High Court granted an application for pre-action disclosure against Kroll Trustee Services Ltd (Kroll), which...
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...
Does a power of attorney given by a company survive administration or liquidation? Is it possible to draft the power of attorney to enable it to survive?Company granting power of attorneyWhether a company (or any other body corporate) can grant a power of attorney will depend on its constitution.
Role, powers, functions and duties of a trustee in bankruptcyThis Practice Note is drafted on the basis that an insolvency practitioner (IP) has been appointed as trustee in bankruptcy (trustee). It does not consider the official receiver's (OR) position when acting as trustee.The role and functions
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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