In the case of JDK Construction Limited the Court of Appeal had to consider whether an earlier decision by a High Court judge that liquidators had been validly appointed was correct. The answer to that question turned on whether the resolutions that the company had passed to place the company into voluntary liquidation were valid … Continue Reading
It seems like s248 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (“Act”) is flavour of the month with the judiciary at the moment, with two recent cases analysing this in the context of administration extensions (read our previous blogs here and here ) and now a further decision considering this in the context of converting an administration … Continue Reading
One of the changes introduced by the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“SBEE”) which came into force on 1 October 2015 was to allow administrators and liquidators the right to assign their rights of action in respect of fraudulent trading claims, wrongful trading claims, transactions at an undervalue, preferences and extortionate credit transactions. A summary of the … Continue Reading
