Insolvency Law

Insolvency legislation and rules comprise a separate jurisdiction in the County Court and Chancery Division of the High Court. Members of the team are able to produce advice on merits and procedure in the following areas:

Limited companies

• Winding up petitions of companies by creditors;
• Winding up petitions brought on 'just and equitable' grounds by contributories;
• Rescission of winding up orders;
• Wrongful & Fraudulent Trading;
• Director's disqualification proceedings;
• Applications under the Insolvency Act;
• Applications by Insolvency Practitioners.

Individuals

• Bankruptcy petitions;
• Setting aside of bankruptcy orders;
• Applications for leave to continue proceedings against a bankrupt;
• Offences under insolvency legislation.

Members of the team are able to provide representation at court on any of these areas.

The members of the group are:

• Robert C D Rees
• Simon T Liddy
• Rebecca Fitton-Brown
• Nicholas George
• Nalla Lawrence
• Ruth Manning
• Ian H Jones
• Andrew Willetts
• Simon Reed
• Kirstie Danton
• Fayyaz Afzal
• Rhiannon Davies
• Jennifer Steele
• Karl Prosser
• Adelle Eveleigh-Winstone
• Nathalie Bull
• Christopher Allen
• Kajal Dasani
• William Hillier
• Chris Jeyes
• Nathalie Bull