Author – Stephen Baister, Consultant 20 April 2020 Rule 12.47 Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, “Awards of costs against an office holder, the adjudicator or the official receiver,” provides: “Without prejudice to any provision of the Act or Rules by virtue of which the official receiver or the adjudicator is not in any event to […]
Author – Charlotte Pollard, Associate This week’s Will enquiries have included: ’Can our witnesses stand on the other side of our garden wall?’ Answer: s9 of the Wills Act 1837 (“the Act”) sets out the formalities for signing Wills. There are no distance restrictions but how high is the wall and can you see over it? The […]
Author – Stephen Baister, Consultant Where an administrator retains the use of company premises for the purposes of the administration, the rent accruing due is treated as an administration expense and is payable in priority to the claims of other creditors: floating charge and preferential as well as unsecured creditors (see Jervis v Pillar Denton Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 180; […]
Author – Frances Coulson, Senior Partner, Head of Insolvency & Litigation Reading the ongoing budget news releases by the national press regarding many small and populist items it would be easy to miss it but despite coronavirus and other more long term threats to the UK economy, the government has ignored all consultation responses to its proposals to […]
Authors – Simon Duncan, Senior Associate and Robert Paterson, Partner When companies are under financial pressure or engaged in restructuring, until or unless a moratorium is in place there is always a risk that an unpaid creditor will present a winding-up petition to the Court. If that happens, any disposition of the debtor company’s property from that date […]
Unfortunately, the world is under the spell of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. In addition to its very serious impact on the health, the virus affects society in many other ways. Shops and restaurants are being closed, lockdowns are being imposed, borders are being closed, festivals and other events are being cancelled, […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to welcome back R.H.J. Koopmans of Advocatenkantoor RHJ Koopmans. Robert has rejoined IR as our exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery member in the Netherlands. Law Office RHJ Koopmans has its registered office in Groenekan, municipality of De Bilt, near Utrecht, The Netherlands. The office makes use […]
Nikhil Palli (middle, left) of Palli Law Firm recently met Balthasar Wicki (right) & Dr. Hans Kuhn (left) of Wicki Partners AG for dinner. Nikhil is IR Global’s exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery member in India, whilst Balthasar is IR Global’s exclusive Corporate Law member and Dr. Hans Kuhn is our exclusive Banking & Finance member, both in […]
Nikhil Palli (right) of Palli Law Firm recently met Aleš Eppinger (Left) & Šárka Gregorová (middle) of Schaffer & Partner for dinner. Nikhil is IR Global’s exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery member in India, whilst Aleš & Šárka are IR Global’s exclusive Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law members in the Czech Republic. If you are travelling and would […]
Nikhil Palli (middle) of Palli Law Firm recently met Alexander Roth (Left) & Christian Roth (right) of rothpartners for dinner in Paris, France. Nikhil is IR Global’s exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery member in India, whilst Christian & Alexander are IR Global’s exclusive Corporate Law members in France. Nikhil had the following to say about their dinner: […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Frances Coulson of Moon Beever. Frances has joined IR as our exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery Member in England. Frances gained her LLB (Hons) at Kings’ College, London University in 1983. She then attended Chester College of Law. She has been […]
Non-Performing Assets in India: An analysis over the years The origination of the ongoing crisis of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in India cannot be attributed to a single event nor can it be confined to a particular timeline. It was only in the mid-1990s; post the economic liberalization when the country entered into the new millennium […]