Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: This was an application for the appointment of receivers to assist in the execution of an English judgment...
The Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) has published its response to the Insolvency Service's second review of the Insolvency (England and...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The latest edition of Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (October 2026) is now available in Lexis+® UK (subscription...
The Insolvency Service has reported that Ellan NW Ltd, which traded as Knowsley Recovery, has been wound up following an investigation into its...
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...
If a company issues shares unpaid or partly paid to a shareholder (A), and A subsequently transfers the shares to a third party (B) before they are paid up, are A and B jointly and severally liable for the amount unpaid on the shares?BackgroundThe nominal value of a share does not need to be paid at
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
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
0330 161 1234