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Author: Douglas Pinteau

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Update – HM Revenue & Customs ‘A new cl...

It has been confirmed that Schedule 6 ‘The Categories of Preferential Debts’ of the Insolvency Act 1986 will be amended to include ‘Categ...

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HM Revenue & Customs – A New Class Of Preferen...

Historically, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) had enjoyed a higher, preferential ranking in the statutory order of payment for insolvent es...

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Employees in Insolvency

Sometimes, when a business is facing insolvency, many of the most significant creditors can be employees of the business, particularly if...

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Winding up petitions – The end of your business?

A winding-up petition can only validly be issued if a debt of £750 or more is indisputably owed, normally demonstrable by way of an unsat...

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Directors’ Duties and Insolvency

We previously looked at company voluntary arrangements (“CVAs”) off the back of BHS entering a CVA; however, with that company subsequent...

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Company Voluntary Arrangements

Many of our clients will have seen last week that beleaguered department store BHS is set to enter a CVA in a bid to slash its rent bill ...