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Nemish Mehta was the sole registered director (and joint shareholder, along with his wife) of E-Tel (UK) Limited (the “Company”), a company involved in purchasing and selling mobile phones. The… Read more →
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A claim under s 127 is restitutionary (see Hollicourt (Contracts) Ltd v Bank of Ireland and Ahmed v Ingram), and in a case involving the payment of money is for… Read more →
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The judgment of the Court of Appeal (Newey, Males and Snowden LLJ) in Hunt v Ubhi [2023] EWCA Civ 417 demonstrates the importance of the adequacy of any undertaking in… Read more →
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Mercy Global Consult Ltd employed healthcare professionals whose services were seconded to recruitment agencies which in turn sub-seconded their services to end users, in most cases an NHS trust. The… Read more →
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This week, members of our Insolvency & Restructuring team including Partners Frances Coulson and Edward Saunders, Legal Director Chris Burt, Trainee Enea Aniaj and Paralegal James Protheroe attended the Fraud… Read more →
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Mehers v Khilji [2023] EWHC 298 (Ch) is an interesting case about the bankruptcy “use it or lose it” provision enshrined in s 283A Insolvency Act 1986. The provision gives… Read more →
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Miles J’s judgment in Re Sova Capital Ltd [2023] EWHC 452 (Ch) will, like that of Jonathan Hilliard QC in Re Petropavlovsk Plc,be welcomed as a further example of the… Read more →
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Relief under ss 423-425 Insolvency Act 1986 is not limited to cases of insolvency, as the decision of David Edwards KC, sitting as a High Court judge in the Commercial… Read more →
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ICC Judge Barber’s judgment in the case of Purkiss v Kennedy & ors (Re Ethos Solutions Ltd) [2022] EWHC 3098 (Ch) deals with a complex and late application for joinder… Read more →
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The case of BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors has had a long and tortuous history, culminating in a Supreme Court decision which has now been handed down over a… Read more →
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“Signs of distress are increasing with the latest Insolvency Service statistics released on 2 August for the Q2 to June 22. If not a “tsunami” as was predicted at the… Read more →
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HRH Prince Hussam Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud v Mobile Telecommunications Company Kscp [2022] EWHC 744 (Ch) deals with service of a bankruptcy petition out of the jurisdiction. The petitioning… Read more →
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Freezing orders (indeed injunctions of all kinds) are an important tool in litigation, so a judgment of the Privy Council on the subject is worthy of attention, especially when it… Read more →
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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.” The truth of Walter Scott’s well known quotation (from his poem “Marmion”) is amply illustrated by the decision… Read more →
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That is the message in Bass & Ors v Buchanan [2021] EWHC 2740 (Ch), which demonstrates yet again that a company director faced with a misfeasance claim by a liquidator… Read more →
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Third party costs orders are becoming increasingly fashionable so are receiving some attention from the courts, most recently from the Court of Appeal in Goknur Gida Maddeleri Enerji Imalet Ithalat… Read more →
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Allowing an appeal against a judgment of Deputy ICC Judge Passfield, Bacon J has re-examined the meaning of having a place of residence in s 263I(2)(b) IA 1986, taking what… Read more →