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UK Companies House Strikes Non-compliant UK Companies Off Register

The UK National Crime Agency reported, on 16 July, that 11,500 UK companies had been struck off Companies House register over the last year for failure to comply with the Registered Office requirements under the Companies Act 2006.

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

UK Court Of Appeal Considers Whether Insurance Proceeds Paid To A Company In Liquidation Are Assets Of The Company Or Held On Trust For Third Party Claimants

On 15 July 2025, the Court of Appeal gave judgment1 in a case concerning whether third party claimants could have an entitlement to the proceeds of an insurance claim in circumstances...

United Kingdom Insurance

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Mayer Brown

The 2025 Practice Statement: Streamlining UK Schemes And Restructuring Plans

The 2025 Practice Statement introduces significant reforms to streamline Schemes of Arrangement under Part 26 and Restructuring Plans under Part 26A of the Companies Act...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Navigating RPs In Light Of Evidentiary Developments: What We Have Observed From Poundland And River Island

Recently, we have observed further evidentiary developments and enhanced terms included in the Restructuring Plans (RPs) proposed by Poundland and River Island as a direct result of the Petrofac and Thames Water judgements.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Evidence Is Everything: Strike Out Application Dismissed As "Hopeless And Speculative" In The Insolvency And Companies Court – A Company -v- Visionary Future LLC & Ors.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

New Safeguarding Rules For UK Payment Firms: What Banks And Insolvency Practitioners Need To Know

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Mayer Brown

Managing Construction Insolvency Risk: How To Spot And Minimise Disruption In A Supply Chain

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Herrington Carmichael

UK National Security And Investment Act Update: Streamlining Security, Supporting Investment

United Kingdom Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

River Island Decision And The Continued Evolution Of Restructuring Plans In The UK

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Strengthening Sport In Scotland – A Powerful Gathering Of Legal And Sporting Leaders

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Addleshaw Goddard

Restructuring Plans Post-Petrofac – How Do You Make A Waldorf Salad?

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Mike Lynch: Relevance In Estate Administration And Insolvent Estates

United Kingdom Family

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Herrington Carmichael

On Alert: Key Signs Of Distress In Independent Schools

United Kingdom Consumer

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FRP Advisory

High Court Removes Administrators As A Result Of A Conflict Of Interest

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Simpler And More Streamlined Sustainability Disclosure For UK Private Fund Managers: Taking Stock And Comparing With The EU

United Kingdom Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Manufacturing Overview: Low Capacity Utilization Meets Potential Tariff Stabilization

United Kingdom International

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AlixPartners

The Age Of AI Advisers? – The Pitfalls Of Relying On AI For Legal Advice

United Kingdom Technology

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Addleshaw Goddard

Fentanyl Tariffs

Worldwide International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Why Less Might Be More (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

LexisNexis Corporate Rescue And Insolvency: Case Alerter – June 2025

At-a-glance case summaries provided by the Gatehouse Chambers' Insolvency Team...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

National House Building Council v Peabody Trust

The principal issue in this appeal concerned the proper construction of an NHBC insurance policy. The policy provided insurance cover to an employer ("Peabody") when they "have to pay more...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Non-creditors May Have Standing To Oppose Recognition Of Foreign Insolvency Under Common Law

In Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 951, the English Court of Appeal has ruled that in an application for recognition at common law of a foreign insolvency...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

International Insights - Do Cross-jurisdictional Issues Complicate Tenant Insolvency In Commercial Real Estate?

Successful real estate deals and dispute resolution need local lawyers with deep knowledge of their jurisdictions. We have frequently heard it said that real estate...

Worldwide Real Estate

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Specialty Finance To Securitisation

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Proposed Mini-Reforms To The National Security And Investment Act 2021

United Kingdom Government

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Addleshaw Goddard

The Immovables Rule: Exceptions And Implications For Foreign Insolvency Office Holders – Guidance From Recent Cases

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

From Watchdog To Enforcer: The Insolvency Service Targets Financial Crime

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

UPC: NPE's Licencing Income Renders Risk Of Insolvency Low

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Restructuring Plans Post-Petrofac: How To Demonstrate That The Benefits Of A Restructuring Have Been Allocated Fairly

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

High Court Finds Iniquity Exception To Privilege Applied, But Not On A Blanket Basis

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Orders Directors To Pay Costs Of Winding Up Petition

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Heavy Goods, Hazards And New Horizons: Challenges And Opportunities In UK Haulage

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

The events in the months following our last update have served as a stark reminder that persistent business uncertainty continues to be one of the most pressing issues for leaders to navigate.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

High Court Finds Iniquity Exception To Privilege Applied, But Not On A Blanket Basis

The High Court has held that the iniquity exception to privilege applied in respect of certain aspects of a transaction, so that no privilege attached to various categories of documents over which the defendants...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Orders Directors To Pay Costs Of Winding Up Petition

In the recent case of Cresta Estates Ltd & Ors v MPB Developments Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 1291 (Ch), the High Court ordered the directors of a company to personally...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Heavy Goods, Hazards And New Horizons: Challenges And Opportunities In UK Haulage

Haulage and logistics firms face rising costs, staffing shortages and regulatory challenges, with many struggling to stay viable. Lenders are reassessing asset valuations and cautious to increase ledger advances.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Managing Geopolitical Risk Will Take More Than Resilience

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

Voluntary Liquidations vs Strike-offs

Deciding between a liquidation or a strike-off is part of the company wind-down process. Learn the benefits and downsides of either option.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Maples Group

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation In Action: Learnings From The Commission's First Phase Two Merger Decision

On 4 April 2025, the European Commission finally published the non-confidential version of its decision under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) in relation...

Worldwide Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

New UK Sanctions Reporting Duties For Insolvency Practitioners And Other Professionals

In November 2024, the UK Government introduced regulations which granted its financial sanctions regulator – the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation...

United Kingdom International

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Fraudulent Trading: UKSC Ruling Targets Third-Party Involvement

The UK Supreme Court's decision in Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

Reforming The Procedure For Schemes Of Arrangement And Restructuring Plans

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Bilta (UK) Ltd (In Liquidation) And Others (Respondents) v Tradition Financial Services Ltd (Appellant); Nathanael Eurl Ltd (In Liquidation) And Another (Appellants) v Tradition Financial Services Ltd (Respondent)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Rise Of Technology: Using Section 236 In The Digital Era (UK)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

My Company Has Been Served With A Statutory Demand, What Should I Do?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Forfeiture Of A Lease - A Guide For Landlords

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Higgs LLP

Defending Claims By Liquidators Or Administrators

United Kingdom Commercial

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Higgs LLP

Bounce Back Loan Fraud And Director Disqualification

United Kingdom Commercial

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Higgs LLP

Publication Of New NHBC Housing Warranty Policies Including Changes In Respect Of Insolvency Cover

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Devonshires

Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act Goes Live Today

United Kingdom Finance

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Transactions Entered Into At An Undervalue

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Higgs LLP

Corporate Debtors And Transactions At An Undervalue–Lessons From The UK Supreme Court: El-Husseini And Another v Invest Bank PSC

United Kingdom Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

Can A Foreign Judgment Debt Directly Give Rise To Insolvency Proceedings In England?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Case Update - El-Husseini And Another v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

The Supreme Court's Decision On The 'Immovables Rule' In Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39

United Kingdom Litigation

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Enyo Law

Enforcement Of Foreign Judgment Debts In England And Wales

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Withers LLP

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Quadrant Chambers

The Pension Schemes Act 2021: The New Landscape For DB Schemes (Video)

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Gowling WLG

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Insolvency #Brew: Where Now For Hybrid Claims? (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

The End Of Furlough: What Happens Next?

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Quantuma

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