28 Jun, 2023 A bridge over troubled water: is special administration pending for Thames Water? By Lucy Trott The UK government and Ofwat are reportedly preparing contingency plans for the UK's biggest water company, Thames Water, following its...
22 Jun, 2023 Shareholder identification - too pricey By Lucy Barnes The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill is currently making its way through the legislative process, and as part of this, an...
21 Jun, 2023 Fakes one to know one... By Elaine O'Hare It’s hard to find an aspect of modern life in respect of which the impact of AI is not being earnestly debated at the moment. Whilst in...
19 Jun, 2023 Another nail in the coffin for the High Street? By Jessica Waters Marks & Spencer recently lost a legal battle in Scotland against Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure to prevent a mobile phone...
19 Jun, 2023 Construction and retail suffer as company insolvencies rise By Helen Martin The latest insolvency figures for May show corporate insolvencies on the increase, with construction and retail being among the...
13 Jun, 2023 The Pandora Papers - HMRC offers the chance to disclose irregularities By Laura Walliss Back in 2020 and 2021, nearly 12 million files were released detailing offshore structures created on behalf of wealthy individuals in...
09 Jun, 2023 Another day, another amend and extend - who needs insolvency lawyers when the debts just keep getting rolled? By Matthew Padian Friday's Business section of The Times made interesting reading to us debt finance nerds. We had more news around the continuing saga...
08 Jun, 2023 Leap in crypto currency ownership = time for an insolvency refresher? By Joanna Charter One in three of us own crypto currencies, crypto ownership is estimated to have doubled in the UK last year – and two of the world’s...
02 Jun, 2023 How special is special? Departures from equality based on the special contributions of a spouse By Ella Whelan In the recent case of DR v UG (2023 EWFC 68), the court rejected a husband’s claim to depart from an equal division of matrimonial assets...
02 Jun, 2023 Dupe culture: what to do(op)? By Jessica Gregson With the rise of “dupes”, brands are having to come up with inventive ways to protect their designs and ultimately, their brand. Dupes...