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Dispute Resolution analysis: The High Court stayed English proceedings challenging an enforcement and distressed disposal until related New York...
This week's edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes: the publication by R3 of its Quarterly Business Health Report for the...
Companies House has announced that 23 company directors were disqualified for a combined total of 70 years following successful prosecutions for...
The Insolvency Service has announced an 18.5-month custodial sentence against Peter Etherington, after he pleaded guilty to acting as a director of PP...
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...
The effect of a bankruptcy order on an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA), its assets, and the creditorsThe gap in the insolvency legislationIt is a striking gap in the drafting of the insolvency legislation that the effects of the making of a bankruptcy order on an individual voluntary
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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