United Kingdom: Insolvency/Bankruptcy

We recently wrote about the case of Medpro Healthcare Limited & Anor v HMRC [2025] UKUT 255 (TCC), which held (in a rare split decision) that the earlier Upper Tribunal (UT) decision in Martland v HMRC [2018] UKUT 178 (TCC) was "clearly wrong" in its determination...

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.

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...

The High Court has allowed a majority creditor's application to remove administrators of a company on the grounds that they had a conflict of interest which...

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

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...

This morning, the Court of Appeal (Zacaroli, Males and Jonathan Baker LJJ) handed down judgment, in a second appeal, on an "important" point on the scope of the catchily...

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

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