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How a company's insolvency affects its employees—this Practice Note sets out the position of an employee when the company they are employed by enters a formal insolvency process, such as compulsory liquidation, voluntary liquidation, administration, administrative receivership or the appointment of a receiver by the court. It deals with what an employee’s legal position is at that point, the priority of their claim against the company for any unpaid wages and other remuneration, claims against the National...
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The House of Commons Public Bill Committee has invited written evidence on the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill, which seeks...
This week's edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes: key restructuring and insolvency announcements and developments in the...
Dispute Resolution analysis: this revised question and answer document considers the structural changes affecting the Chancery Division and the other...
In the Autumn Budget 2026, delivered on 28 October 2026, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey MP, made several announcements that will be of...
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
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 point
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
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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