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

On 1 July, the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision1 to sanction the restructuring plans proposed by two Petrofac group companies as they did not consider that...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

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

Private Credit Deep Dives – What To Do Following An Event Of Default In A Consensual Setting (Europe)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Proskauer Rose LLP

The Hidden Price Of Liability Management

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Navigating Fraud In Insolvent Companies: Lessons For The UK

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Mental Health Crises And Moratorium Debts Interbay Funding Limited v David Terence Forbes [2025] EWCA Civ 690

United Kingdom Litigation

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Quadrant Chambers

Voluntary Liquidations vs Strike-offs

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

Worldwide Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

New UK Sanctions Reporting Duties For Insolvency Practitioners And Other Professionals

United Kingdom International

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Fraudulent Trading: UKSC Ruling Targets Third-Party Involvement

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

S5:E9 – Twin Property Developers Tom And Jack Atha: Building Atha Properties From The Ground Up (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Square One

Financial Regulation - In The Know: Payments

United Kingdom Technology

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Addleshaw Goddard

Brand Security In A Modern World: Author Q&A - Kirsten Gilbert (Video)

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Reforming The Procedure For Schemes Of Arrangement And Restructuring Plans

Earlier this month, the Chancellor of the High Court launched a consultation seeking views on a draft Practice Statement to replace the current Practice Statement...

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)

The Supreme Court handed down judgment yesterday on two points of corporate insolvency law in the long-running saga of Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors, a web of claims arising out of a 2009 VAT carousel fraud.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

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

All insolvency professionals appreciate that Section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ("s236") grants significant investigatory powers to office-holders into a company's business dealings...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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

If your company has been served with a statutory demand, it is essential to act swiftly. Failure to respond within 21 days entitles the creditor to present a winding up petition...

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

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

The UK Supreme Court's recent decision in El-Husseini and another v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4 has clarified the circumstances in which section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986...

United Kingdom Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

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

The Court of Appeal has held that seeking satisfaction of a foreign judgment debt using a statutory demand and the spectre of bankruptcy proceedings first requires the judgment to be recognised in this jurisdiction.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

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

An article summarising the recent Supreme Court decision in El-Husseini and another v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4. The case considered the scope and construction of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

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

On 20 November 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the common law...

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

DIFC Court's Ruling: Contradiction Between Public Policy And Arbitration

International arbitration may encounter jurisdictional conflicts when two distinct courts hold different views on the same issue. The recent case of Nael v Niamh Bank (2024)...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

Small Businesses Adapt To Lower Debt Limits

Small businesses are finding creative ways to navigate the reduced Subchapter V debt limit, following the expiration of the higher $7.5M threshold last year.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Responding To A Statutory Demand – A Guide For Individuals

A statutory demand is a formal written demand for payment of a debt to be made within 21 days. The effects of a statutory demand can be very serious.

United Kingdom Finance

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Thomson Snell & Passmore

How Proactive Restructuring Can Save Your Business

Financial difficulties can creep up on a business when least expected. Whether it's due to market shifts, unexpected costs, or operational setbacks, many businesses find themselves at a crossroads:

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Supreme Court Confirms Wide Meaning Of "Transactions Defrauding Creditors"

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

Ways To Terminate A Fixed-Term Contract

United Kingdom Commercial

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Higgs LLP

Setting The Working Standard For Dutch Bankruptcy Law

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Protecting Your Interests When A Fellow Shareholder-Director Faces Bankruptcy

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

The EU NPL Directive: Impact On Secondary Loan Trading

European Union Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

New Way For Insolvency Practitioners To Obtain Non-public Information From Companies House

United Kingdom Privacy

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Macfarlanes LLP

Global Financial Solutions Claims Review 2024

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

New UK Regulations Enhance Insolvency Practitioners' Access To Data Held By Companies House

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

A Guide To Statutory Demands For Debtors

United Kingdom Finance

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Herrington Carmichael

What Happens To Your Licence When You Or Your Business Becomes Insolvent?

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Rothera Bray

Restructuring Plans – Do's And Don'ts (Part 2): Lessons From 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Guidance On Navigating Insolvency - The Most Frequent Procedures

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Giambrone & Partners

LexisNexis Corporate Rescue And Insolvency: Case Alerter – November 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

HMRC Pension Schemes Newsletter 165: Tax Treatment Confirmed For Payments To Bankruptcy Trustees And Tax-Free Lump Sums Paid Back Into Pension Schemes

United Kingdom Employment

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

The Appeal Of Valeriy Drelle: Foreign Judgments In English Bankruptcy Proceedings

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

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Quadrant Chambers

CDR/Insolvency Series: Entering The Twilight Zone: Directors' Duties In The Run Up To Insolvency (Video)

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Gatehouse 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

The End Of Furlough & The Job Market Conundrum (Video)

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Quantuma

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