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Setting aside statutory demands: Smith v Gregory

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Unsuccessful suspension of a bankrupt’s discharge: Re Mittal

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Directors Duties and Transactions at an undervalue: Re Marylebone Warwick Balfour Management LTD

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ECJ Ruling on the treatment of Non-UK pensions on bankruptcy: Wilson V McNamara

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Michelmores’ female partnership level exceeds 40% with the promotion of four new partners

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Preferences where there is a chain of transfers: Re De Weyer Ltd (in Liquidation)

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Clarification of the burden of proof in TUV cases

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E-Money and Insolvency

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Director of company involved in a VAT carousel fraud ordered to pay £1.7m to liquidator for fraudulent breach of duty

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BHS Group Ltd [2021] EWHC 3501 (Ch) – Unquantified wrongful trading claim not struck out

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High Court hands down summary judgment in £36m payroll fraud claim

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Should you self-fund the LPC/SQE?

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High Court sanctions a cross-class cram down of a dissenting secured creditor as part of a Part 26A restructuring plan

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Application to annul a bankruptcy order under s. 282(1)(a) Insolvency Act 1986 dismissed by the Court

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Risk of criminal liability for administrators who breach employment law

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