News
Wed 21st Dec 2011 - Personal Insolvency - Income Payments Order
If the sums received by a bankrupt's estate under an IPO would be unlikely to be sufficient to allow a distribution to unsecured creditors; would the court still make an order?
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Tue 29th Nov 2011 - Corporate - Fiduciary Duties of Members
Q: Do members of an LLP owe fiduciary duties to one another?
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Mon 28th Nov 2011 - Professional Negligence - Solicitors - Reliance on Advice Provided by Counsel
It has long been established that a solicitor must not rely on Counsel's advice without questioning it, i.e. blindly. Further, in the event that Counsel's advice is obviously wrong, the solicitor is under a legal duty to reject it.
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Fri 25th Nov 2011 - Personal Bankruptcy - Guarantor- Statutory Demand
What happens if a company borrows money from a lender but in addition to giving security, in the form of a mortgage over the property, the company also gets one of the directors to guarantee the loan?
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Mon 31st Oct 2011 - Corporate Insolvency Law - Wrongful Trading - Liquidator's Claim Fails
The Liquidator of Langreen Ltd (in Liquidation) brought a claim against the directors for damages for wrongful trading, pursuant to section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
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Tue 27th Sep 2011 - A new senior solicitor to join Summit Law LLP's litigation team.
Tanya Seevaratnam joins Summit Law LLP from national firm, Blake Lapthorn.
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Mon 26th Sep 2011 - Insolvency - Trustees and Liquidators - Conflict of Interest
When is a conflict not a conflict?
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Mon 26th Sep 2011 - Commercial Litigation - Civil Procedure Rules - Part 36 Offers
As our readers know, Part 36 offers are often seen as devices to try and encourage litigants to settle disputes or otherwise face various costs consequences.
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Mon 12th Sep 2011 - Recovery Magazine - Legal Q&A
Jeremy Boyle answers your insolvency queries in the Autumn edition of R3's "Recovery" magazine.
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Mon 25th Jul 2011 - Insolvency - Company Law : Cure Under R.7.55 Insolvency Rules 1986
Can r.7.55 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 be used to cure a fundamental defect in the appointment of administrators such as a failure to obtain the consents required by statute for the extension of the appointment.
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Mon 27th Jun 2011 - Company Law - Negligence
Directors' Liabilities : Misfeasance : Sole Directors : Wrongful Trading : Culpability of Sole Shareholder and Director : s.214 Insolvency Act 1986
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Fri 24th Jun 2011 - Insolvency - Banking and Finance - Misrepresentation
Sufficiency of Grounds to Set Aside Statutory Demands : R.6.5(4)(B) Insolvency Rules 1986 : R.6.5(4)(C) Insolvency Rules 1986
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