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The Insolvency Service has reported that David Elderkin and Jennifer Elderkin, directors of Fowey River Limited, have been disqualified for a combined...
The Insolvency Service has announced that it has secured a winding-up order against Amey Finance Academy Ltd at the High Court....
The Insolvency Service has updated its enforcement outcomes management information tables with data for April 2024. The data shows that there were 93...
The Insolvency Service has reported that Eugenijus Nalivaika, the sole director of Niki Contractors Ltd, was sentenced to 15 months in prison,...
The Insolvency Service has reported that Marcel Ion, a London-based builder, has been disqualified as a company director for ten years after he...
Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements鈥攁pplication by contracting statesThis Practice Note considers the application of the Hague Convention...
Insolvency Services AccountThe official receiver (OR) deals with the administration and investigation of all bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations,...
What do insolvency searches at Companies House reveal?What is Companies House?Companies House is a registry of corporate information. It falls under...
Funding and litigating a claim vs selling or assigning a claimWhat options are available when deciding how to fund litigation?Litigation funding in...
Directors鈥 duties: companies in financial difficultiesDirectors of companies which become, or are likely to become, insolvent face additional...
Appendix 2: Amendments to R3 Standard Form COVID-19 CVA proposal for exit from administration (Northern Ireland)[ARCHIVED]This Precedent is archived...
Appendix 2: Amendments to R3 Standard Form COVID-19 CVA proposal for a debt waiver (Northern Ireland)[ARCHIVED]This Precedent is archived and no...
Appendix 2: Amendments to R3 Standard Form COVID-19 CVA proposal (Scotland) for exit from administration [ARCHIVED]This Precedent is archived and no...
COVID-19 Standard Conditions for Company Voluntary Arrangements (SCOTLAND)[ARCHIVED]This Precedent is archived and no longer maintained.Part 1:...
R3 Standard Form COVID-19 CVA Proposal (SCOTLAND)[ARCHIVED]IN THE MATTER OF [INSERT COMPANY NAME] (鈥楾HE COMPANY鈥)IN THE MATTER OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT...
Role, powers, functions and duties of a liquidatorThe role and function of a liquidatorA liquidator is the officer appointed when a company goes into...
What is a statutory declaration of solvency, and what happens if a false declaration of solvency is madeCoronavirus (COVID-19)This content is affected...
Bonds and notesThe terms 鈥榖onds鈥 and 鈥榥otes鈥 are used interchangeably (and there is no legal difference between the terms), though notes tend to be...
Obtaining Official Copies from HM Land RegistryThis Practice Note provides guidance in obtaining official copies of the entries on the title of a...
Dissolution of a company following compulsory liquidation or creditors' voluntary liquidationDissolution marks the end of a company鈥檚 life. It...
Bankruptcy searchesBankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentWhen a bankruptcy petition is presented by a creditor, the court shall as soon as...
Dissolution and bona vacantia鈥攄ealing with the Treasury SolicitorBona vacantia means 鈥榞oods without an owner鈥 and is a relevant consideration where...
Cashflow and balance sheet tests for insolvencyIntroductionThis Practice Note will give a basic overview of the applicable tests for cashflow and...
Key elements of a standstill agreementWhen restructuring is considered rather than formal insolvency proceedings (see Practice Note: Benefits of...
Scotland: protected trust deedsTrust deeds have, for many years, been utilised by debtors as a means of reaching a compromise with their creditors as...
What is considered onerous property or contracts?DisclaimerUnder sections 178 and 315 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), a liquidator or a trustee...
RecapitalisationsThe term 'recapitalisation' refers to a company changing the proportions of its debt and equity, something which can be achieved in a...
Role, powers, functions and duties of an administratorThe role, powers and duties of an appointed administrator are set out in the Insolvency Act 1986...
The effect of a bankruptcy order on an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA), its assets, and the creditorsThe gap in the insolvency legislationIt is...
The pari passu principle and collection remedies for the office-holder鈥攖he position under the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016The primary...
Schemes of arrangement鈥攑rocess and statutory frameworkSchemes of arrangement鈥攄efinition and basis in statuteA scheme of arrangement is a...
When a company breaches the terms of its borrowing from a creditor with a Qualifying Floating charge, or in other circumstances set out in the charge, in limited circumstances that creditor may appoint an administrative receiver to recover the money it is owed.
Process (similar to diligence on the dependence) which restricts the debtor's ability to deal with a limited range of moveable assets in their possession while a court action progresses
An inability to pay debts or instalments on debts as they become due is called simple or practical insolvency. A debtor can be practically insolvent without any formal legal steps being taken, and even though they could, given time, realise sufficient assets to pay all the debts