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In this valuable article from Real Estate Capital, the issues facing lenders on retail property financings and the lack of palatable...
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In last week's Government budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that Crown preference would return but that this would be...
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As many businesses now face another phase of closures, we are seeing borrowers and lenders reconsidering and restructuring their finance...
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The recent case of Official Receiver v Deuss [2021] EWHC 1842 (Ch) provides legal and insolvency practitioners with guidance as to the...
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The recent changes to the restrictions on winding-up petitions will have been disappointing to commercial landlords (see our previous...
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As the name suggests, letters of comfort have long been regarded as offering little more than passive "comfort" to their recipients....
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On 7 July 2022, the UK Government published a consultation on changing UK law to implement two model laws in the field of insolvency that...
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Any restructuring where there are multiple tiers of debt and lenders with different interests and views can be tricky. Lenders will try...
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On Thursday 9 November, Macfarlanes hosted a webinar which focused on the role of directors and in particular navigating those stresses...
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Subsequent to the High Court’s decision in Galapagos Bidco S.à r.l. v Dr Frank Kebekus [2023] WHC 13931 (Ch) (for more on which see our...
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On Tuesday 23 April 2024, Macfarlanes hosted a roundtable discussion on the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency of 20 June 2019...
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The UK Supreme Court has confirmed the scope of s.423 Insolvency Act 1986 (the Act) - it can apply to transactions where a debtor...
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The government has once again suspended wrongful trading, this time until 30 April 2021. The government had previously suspended wrongful...
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The Government has announced that it will introduce new measures to subject pre-pack sales in an administration to a connected person to...
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The case of Re Sunbird Business Services Limited [2020] EWHC 2493 (Ch) is a salutary reminder that the court will not simply rubber stamp...