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Watch on demand – Our 2020 Restructuring and Insolvency Conference

Virtual Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2020

Thank you very much to everybody who attended our Restructuring and Insolvency Conference, 25-26 November 2020. If you weren’t able to attend, don’t worry! Selected sessions are available to watch on our YouTube channel, here. The sessions include: Setting the scene: Future-gazing panel session – James Morgan KC (Chair); Alison Goldthorp, Norton Rose Fulbright; Andrew […]

Kelmanson v Gallagher & De Weyer [2022] EWHC 395 (Ch)

Sharpening the corporate restructuring tool – Article by David Mohyuddin KC and Andrew Brown

On 1 March 2022, Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Curl KC handed down judgment on Kelmanson v Gallagher & De Weyer [2022] EWHC 395 (Ch), a claim brought by the liquidator of De Weyer Ltd for preferences under s.239 Insolvency Act 1986 and misfeasance under s.212 Insolvency Act and s.172 Companies Act 2006. Andrew […]

E-money and online payment institutions: when it all goes wrong – Article by James Morgan KC and Katie Longstaff

Valid or Invalid: The Debate Over Defendant Administrations Continues

Although the sun is shining and holiday season beckons, there is still important new insolvency legislation coming into force. In this article, James Morgan KC and Katie Longstaff consider the new special administration regime for electronic money institutes and payment institutions contained within The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021. You can read […]

Kids Company trustees successfully resist disqualification claim

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Catherine Doran, led by George Bompas KC, acted for 5 of the former trustees of Kids Company, including its chairman Alan Yentob. The charity went into insolvency in 2015 after what turned out to be unfounded allegations of sexual abuse hit the press on the day that the Cabinet Office made a £3 million grant […]

Court of Appeal upholds transfer of privilege in joint retainer files

Valid or Invalid: The Debate Over Defendant Administrations Continues

Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v Armstrong & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 978 On 1 July 2021, judgment was handed down in a significant appeal by Travelers Insurance Company Ltd, the insurers of leading breast implant supplier Transform Medical Group (CS) Ltd, against Travelers’ Insolvency Act administrators, Martin Armstrong and James Patchett and its joint solicitors, […]