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 […]

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, […]

Video: An Introduction to Restructuring – Junior Programme: Restructuring

Video: An Introduction to Restructuring - Junior Programme: Restructuring

In this Junior Programme: Restructuring ‘An Introduction to Restructuring’ webinar, Lauren Kreamer and James Fagan present an introduction to, and overview of, the restructuring options available to companies in financial difficulty, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. This talk covers CVAs, administration, liquidation, LPA receivership, administrative receivership, dissolution, and schemes of arrangement, as […]

Re Regis UK Limited [2021] EWHC 1294 (Ch)

Valid or Invalid: The Debate Over Defendant Administrations Continues

Landlords fail in their attempt to force Nominees to return their fees and in their bid to establish a meaningful precedent in their ongoing fight against CVAs In a judgment handed down on Monday 17th May 2021 in Re Regis UK Limited [2021] EWHC 1294 (Ch), Zacaroli J revoked an already long-since terminated CVA, but […]