Tenant Insolvency – Are Retail CVAs Falling Out Of Favour? By Rachael Reynolds, Joe Bannister, Kevin Hawthorn Economic headwinds continue to make life difficult for retail and leisure operators…
Thinking the unthinkable: Some Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank debacle By Joe Bannister, Christopher Wall, Toby Hewitt, Giles Hindle, Kevin Hawthorn Introduction Before the end of last week (10 March 2023) it would be fair to assume that the name…
Accountancy Newsletter July 2022 By Richard Highley, , Naomi Park, Kevin Hawthorn, Hannah Gregory, Rebecca Smith, , Francesca Muscutt, DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy Newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Swiss Cottage Properties Limited (in liquidation) [2022] EWHC 1495 (Ch) – a reassuring result for insolvency practitioners By Richard Highley, Kevin Hawthorn, On 20 May 2022 Mr Justice Adam Johnson handed down his judgment in the matter of Swiss Cottage…
Uralkali v Rowley – do Administrators owe a personal duty of care? By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Uralkali v Rowley – do Administrators owe a personal duty of care?
Accountancy Newsletter - July 2021 By Richard Highley, Naomi Park, Francesca Muscutt, Christopher Dyke, , Rebecca Smith, Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Breaking the Mountaineer’s Knee: Supreme Court establishes “purpose test” to assess the scope of an…
Re NMUL Realisations Limited – failure to give notice to a prior QFCH By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Does failure to give notice of intention to appoint administrators to a prior QFCH invalidate the…
Companies House strike off – act quickly to avoid invalid appointments By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Insolvency practitioners need to be alert to company strike off action when considering new…
Filing multiple Notices of Intention – the decision in Seabrook By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Notices of intention to appoint administrators – the importance of a settled intention.
Updates to the Statements of Insolvency Practice By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall New SIPs – knowing the difference between disbursements and expenses and the expanded definition of…
Government extends ability to amend insolvency and governance legislation By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall The government has extended its ability to amend insolvency legislation.
Winding-up and forfeiture restrictions extended By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Restrictions on winding-up petitions and forfeiture extended further.
Rescinding a winding-up order – the importance of timing By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall In Sarjanda Ltd (in liquidation) v Aluminium Eco Solutions Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 210 (Ch) ,…
Insolvency newsletter - July 2021 By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall DAC Beachcroft's Insolvency newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Accountancy Newsletter - July 2020 By Richard Highley, Rebecca Smith, Kevin Hawthorn The FRC exercises Foresight – KPMG Decision Notice shows a radical development in FRC enforcement …
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act is now in force with measures to assist struggling businesses By Francesca Muscutt, Kevin Hawthorn The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 26 June bringing in measures to…
Administrators should act in the best interest of company’s creditors as a whole - in the absence of a special relationship it should not favour any particular creditor By Kevin Hawthorn Fraser Turner Limited v PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and others [2019] EWCA Civ 1290 The Court of…
Real Estate Tip of the Week - The Debenhams CVA Challenge By Kevin Hawthorn, Rachael Reynolds Judgment has very recently been handed down regarding the challenge to the Debenhams CVA, providing…
Challenging CVAs – the Debenhams decision By Kevin Hawthorn, Rachael Reynolds Judgment has been handed down regarding the challenge to the Debenhams CVA providing some…
Accountancy newsletter - July 2019 By Richard Highley, Kevin Hawthorn, Francesca Muscutt DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Can change of position defence defeat liquidators claims under Section 127? By Kevin Hawthorn Section 127 of the Insolvency Act renders void any disposition of property by a company made in the…
HMRC to be reinstated as “preferential creditor” By Kevin Hawthorn, Francesca Muscutt Following a recent government consultation, new draft legislation is expected this summer which…
LatAm Newsletter - July 2019 By Richard Highley, Kevin Hawthorn, Francesca Muscutt Tendencias en la Argentina en materia de la oponibilidad de deducibles y sumas aseguradas en…
Insolvency and Corporate Governance Consultation – the implications for directors and professional advisers By Kevin Hawthorn Introduction The report of the joint BEIS and Work and Pensions Committee into recent…
Accountancy Newsletter September 2018 By Richard Highley, Kevin Hawthorn, Naomi Park DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Insolvency and Corporate Governance Consultation – the implications for directors, auditors and professional advisers By Kevin Hawthorn Introduction Following a number of high profile major company failures, regulators and the…
Accountancy Newsletter October 2016 By Richard Highley, Pippa Ellis, Martin Langley, Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Ross Risby DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Is your appointment valid following a block transfer? By Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle Recent cases we have been involved in have highlighted the need for Insolvency Practitioners to pay…
Accountancy Newsletter March 2016 By Richard Highley, Francesca Muscutt, Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Martin Langley, Naomi Park, Suzanne Wharton, Ross Risby, Julian Miller FRC set to gain new powers in June The accountancy regulator, the Financial Reporting…