In the dynamic field of restructuring, lawyers are tasked with guiding businesses through transformative processes to ensure financial stability and operational efficiency. This area demands a strategic approach to navigate corporate challenges, offering solutions that align with legal frameworks and business objectives.
Arbitration analysis: This analysis considers the wording proposed by UNCITRAL in the Working Documents publicly available ahead of the 68th session...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The High Court (ICC Judge Barber) has made an 11-year disqualification order under section 6 of the Company...
This week's edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes: a discussion on the winding up of a company by the court following...
Banking & Finance analysis: This News Analysis discusses the case of Boult v Together Personal Finance Ltd, in which the court applied the rule in...
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 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
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
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If 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
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