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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

Inactive Directors Beware: Section 214 Of The Insolvency Act 1986

An interesting case involving sections 213 (fraudulent trading) and 214 (wrongful trading) of the Insolvency Act 1986, which are similar to sections 255 and 256 of the BVI Insolvency Act 2003.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Spencer West

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

The Five Cs Of Restructuring

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Transactions Entered Into At An Undervalue

United Kingdom Insolvency

HL

Higgs LLP

It's Time To Embrace Lite Restructuring Plans

United Kingdom Insolvency

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

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

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Enforcement Of Foreign Judgment Debts In England And Wales

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

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

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

Small Businesses Adapt To Lower Debt Limits

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: February 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

How Proactive Restructuring Can Save Your Business

United Kingdom Insolvency

IG

IR Global

Building Safety Levy: Key Things Developers Need To Know Now To Plan Ahead

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

How To Identify Unfair Prejudice As A Shareholder And What You Can Do About It

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

Thinking About Divorce: What You Need To Know (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Withers LLP

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Closing The Books: Managing Final Accounts In JCT And NEC Contracts (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

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Over the past several years I have seen an increasing number of large cross-border restructurings involving complicated global supply chains.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

It's Time To Embrace Lite Restructuring Plans

Since the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force smaller enterprises have tended to saddle themselves with more debt...

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

Whilst the saga of "Mr Bates v The Post Office" and the controversy regarding the abuse of private prosecutions continues to reverberate, the recent decision of The King...

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U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: February 2025

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United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

The EU NPL Directive: Impact On Secondary Loan Trading

European Union Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Private Capital Investment Into Professional Services Firms

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Insolvency Newsletter: December 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

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Insolvency/Bankruptcy

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

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

CM

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

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Mayer Brown

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