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.
The Insolvency Service has published issue 171 of its Dear IP newsletter. The special edition announces amendments to the declaration completed by...
The R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals has published its response to the Insolvency Service’s consultation on corporate civil...
The Insolvency Service has published its Business Insolvency Demography 2015–25 official statistics in development for England and Wales. In 2025, a...
The Insolvency Service has reported that Steven Brookes was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 3 years' imprisonment and disqualified from acting...
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...
Effect of equitable, contractual and structural subordinationSenior creditors will ensure that in addition to having better security rights over junior creditors, juniors are also subordinated to them, ie the priority of claims against the debtor is changed so that junior creditors creditor agree
Schemes of arrangement—convening hearing and sanction hearingConvening hearingPursuant to section 896 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), the court may order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, or of the members or class of members, to be summoned in such manner as the court directs.
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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