Date: 6 Jun, 2018
Solicitors acting under a CFA were estopped by convention from claiming payment from the liquidator personally where a misfeasance claim had been successful but there were no recoveries into the estate.
Date: 21 Nov, 2016
Application for possession and sale of two properties, of which the bankrupt's daughter claimed to be the sole beneficial owner.
Date: 26 Oct, 2016
In a decision handed down on 24 October 2016, the High Court confirmed that ATE insurance can be sufficient to successfully resist an application for security for costs, even in circumstances where a claimant company is insolvent.
Date: 7 Oct, 2016
Whether the court had power to direct a claimant to disclose the existence / identity of any litigation funder.
Date: 6 Sep, 2016
Appeal by a creditor against a District Judge's dismissal of a challenge (based on material irregularity) to the validity of a creditor's approval of IVA proposals.
Date: 10 Aug, 2016
Whether a company's claim for repayment of an unlawful dividend should be included in the assessment of balance sheet solvency for the purposes of a preference claim.
Date: 19 Jul, 2016
Whether there should be a case management stay of English insolvency proceedings pending determination of proceedings relating to the same subject matter in New York.
Date: 15 Jul, 2016
The commercial purpose of a clause in a partnership agreement providing an indemnity to a salaried insolvency practitioner.
Date: 16 Jun, 2016
A claim for breach of warranty of authority brought against a company's firm of solicitors was not made out where the solicitors had ostensible authority to act for the company.
Date: 25 May, 2016
Whether liquidators could assess bills of solicitors employed by administrators and whether administrators had the power to agree such bills after they had ceased to be in office.
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