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Winding Up Petitions

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Posted: 7 August 2025 | Insolvency, Winding Up Petitions

Pre-emptive validation orders in insolvency proceedings

Advanced warning; I’m about to bang on (again) about s.127(1) of the insolvency Act 1986, and what it means for companies faced with the pr…

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Posted: 9 June 2025 | Company Director, Insolvency, Winding Up Petitions

Directors personal liability in costs in winding up proceedings

It’s not often we ask directors to personally fund costs of legal services following the issue of a winding up petition, but it is a necess…

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Posted: 9 May 2025 | Insolvency, Time To Pay Arrangements, Winding Up Petitions

Time To Pay? New VAT Late Payment Penalties

It is now more expensive to be late when it comes to making a VAT payment. The slowest payers now face a 250% increase to an annualised rat…

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Posted: 24 March 2025 | Restructuring & Insolvency, Time To Pay Arrangements, Winding Up Petitions

Another Day, Another Validation Order…………

Another successful validation order obtained for our client. Many thanks to Kartikeya Sharma of 23ES for a brilliant job articulating what…

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Posted: 6 November 2024 | Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Winding Up Petitions

First aid for ailing businesses: let us help you!

Sadly, no matter where we are in the economic cycle, there are businesses which find themselves in distress. Given higher interest rates, i…

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Posted: 30 September 2024 | Bankruptcy, HMRC Investigations, Insolvency, Winding Up Petitions

Court of Appeal rejects HMRC’s argument for special treatment in winding-up dispute

There’s a new government in Westminster and a “black hole” in the public finances so, HMRC might be forgiven for feeling under pressure to…

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Posted: 17 April 2023 | Bankruptcy, Company Insolvency, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Winding Up Petitions

Winding-up petitions on the rise in HMRC squeeze

With HMRC under pressure to collect more tax owed, it is moving away from the tolerance shown during the pandemic and back towards a normal…

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