Aug 03, 2023 Insurance resolution regime will give Bank of England new powers to manage the failure of large insurers By Helen Martin Following a consultation earlier this year, the government has announced plans to introduce an insurance resolution regime which will...
Jul 21, 2023 Bounce back loans? Beware! 50% of director disqualifications attributed to bounce back loan fraud By Lucy Trott The fallout from the bounce back loan (BBL) scandal continues, as the Guardian reports that more than half of all director...
Jul 14, 2023 UK implementation of two UNCITRAL model laws on insolvency - update By Helen Martin In an earlier article we discussed The Insolvency Service's proposals for the UK to be an early adopter of two new "model laws" published...
Jun 28, 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...
Jun 19, 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...
Jun 09, 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...
Jun 08, 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...
May 04, 2023 Banks complicit in bounce back loan fraud? By Lucy Trott The furore around the government’s pandemic support loan schemes has been well documented since their demise. We have previously written...
Apr 27, 2023 Tackling the late payment problem... By Katie Philipson This article in The Times on 24 April is a reminder of how smaller businesses need to keep ahead of their competitors in managing their...
Feb 16, 2023 Insolvency stats reveal stark 52% rise in compulsory liquidations By Lucy Trott Today’s statistics reveal a stark reality that insolvencies are continuing to climb in the face of record levels inflation, increasing...
Feb 16, 2023 What's wrong with the CIGA moratorium? By Matthew Padian Wind the clock back a couple of years to (dare I mention it…) the Covid-19 pandemic, and insolvency practitioners were getting mildly...
Jan 27, 2023 What's new for real estate in 2023? By Jessica Waters The year ahead looks to be another interesting one for real estate. Our property disputes team led by Helen Wheddon looked at some recent...