12/9/2024 4:52:31 PM Directors in the Firing Line - The Duty To Promote the Success of the Company By Rebecca Stratton In this blog, Rachel Brown in our Dispute Resolution Team considers the recent judicial consideration of the duty to promote the success...
11/27/2024 5:51:03 PM Supreme Court unmoved by Russian trustee's claim to Belgravia mansion By Hannah Hooper In Kireeva v Bedzhamov, the Supreme Court considered whether the court has the power to recognise a foreign bankruptcy at common law. The...
10/23/2024 3:10:35 PM Liquidators' application derailed as court finds documents not "reasonably required" By Hannah Hooper In a rare judgment[1], the court has dismissed an application made by joint liquidators for disclosure and delivery up of all information...
7/12/2024 11:17:34 AM "Medal"-ling with Olympic assets: what property falls into the bankrupt's estate? By Rebecca Stratton Sir Bradley Wiggins was recently declared bankrupt by Lancaster County Court and it has been reported that his medals might be sold off...
7/11/2024 9:10:35 AM Sian v Halimeda - Privy Council decides on the boundaries between Insolvency and Arbitration By Rebecca Stratton In a significant decision that will impact both creditors and debtors alike, the Privy Council (on appeal from the British Virgin...
7/10/2024 4:00:31 PM 5 key takeaways from the landmark wrongful trading decision in Re BHS Group Limited By Rebecca Stratton In the recent case of Wright and Rowley, BHS and others v Chappell and others [2024] EWHC 1417 the liquidators of British Home Stores...
2/23/2024 12:28:32 PM Why Businesses Fail: culture is the essence of all business success, and it has a ripple effect. By Vernon Dennis My sweet spot has been boardroom advisory focussing on insolvency and restructuring but increasingly this leads me to question why...
10/10/2022 3:59:13 PM BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana & Ors: A first on the duties of directors of an insolvent company By Tim Bignell Krisha Jethani In BTI v Sequana & Ors, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment which, in the words of Lord Reed, addressed "questions of...