In the case of Caversham Finance Limited (in administration) [2022] EWHC 789, the court considered whether errors in a notice to creditors seeking consent to extend an administration made the extension invalid. This case is important as it shows the court’s approach to omission of prescribed information in notices to creditors.
The information that was omitted in the notice to creditors in this case was also the subject of comment in the recent Government report reviewing the Insolvency Rules (England and Wales) 2016 (the “Report”) (please see our latest alert on this).
This blog provides a brief overview of the case, reflects on the Insolvency Service’s comments in the Report with thoughts on how irrelevant or redundant prescribed information should be dealt with in notices and documents that are required by the Rules to contain prescribed information.