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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

As alternative lenders scale, most will move from corporate facilities and overdrafts on bank standard forms to consider a "specialty finance" facility.

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

Managing Geopolitical Risk Will Take More Than Resilience

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

AI In Healthcare: Why Compliance Can't Afford To Fall Behind

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

UK Creative Worker Visa: Key Requirements (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Skilled Worker Visa Changes From 22 July 2025: What Date Determines Which Rules Apply?

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

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

Over the past year, we have seen a significant increase in Events of Default (each, an "EoD") arising from financial underperformance.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Proskauer Rose LLP

The Hidden Price Of Liability Management

The past year demonstrated how roiling markets, amplified by geopolitical and regulatory volatility, continue to reshape our economic landscape.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Navigating Fraud In Insolvent Companies: Lessons For The UK

In an ever-evolving UK economy, insolvency is a challenging, yet sometimes inevitable, aspect of business operations. When insolvency is caused by fraud, the repercussions can be severe...

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

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...

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

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

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

Forfeiture, also known as the right of re-entry, is a mechanism by which a landlord can terminate a commercial lease following the tenant's breach of its terms.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Higgs LLP

Defending Claims By Liquidators Or Administrators

When a company enters liquidation or administration, the director's conduct is placed firmly under a magnifying glass, and claims can often be brought against those directors personally.

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

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

A recent Court of Appeal decision has clarified the criteria for filing a bankruptcy petition in England and Wales, addressing previous uncertainty surrounding unrecognised foreign judgment debts.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Withers LLP

Court Of Appeal Overturns High Court Decision On Unrecognised Foreign Judgments In Bankruptcy Petitions

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Lewis Silkin

Contribution And Insolvent Insureds

United Kingdom Insurance

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Gatehouse Chambers

Knocking On Different Doors: The CJEU's New Roadmap For Cross-Border Claims In Insolvency

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

A Different Mr Bates – But Another Important Lesson For Private Prosecutions

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

Small Businesses Adapt To Lower Debt Limits

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Responding To A Statutory Demand – A Guide For Individuals

United Kingdom Finance

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Thomson Snell & Passmore

How Proactive Restructuring Can Save Your Business

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

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BTI v SEQUANA – The Changing Nature Of Directors' Duties As A Company Flounders (Video)

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Quadrant Chambers

CDR/Insolvency Series: Get Out While You Can: Unfair Prejudice Petitions, Buy-outs And Valuations (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

What You Need To Know About The Energy Crisis (VIDEO)

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

The End Of Furlough: What Happens Next?

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Quantuma

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