Insolvency Law

Our civil lawyers act as insolvency barristers for office holders, companies, directors and debtors in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious personal and corporate insolvency. This includes administrations, receiverships, liquidations, wrongful trading and fraudulent trading, misfeasance claims, bankruptcy and voluntary arrangements (corporate and individual). Barristers at St Pauls Chambers also have considerable expertise in proceedings against directors under the Company Director Disqualification Act (CDDA) and corporate restructuring and insolvency.

Members of St Pauls Chambers have advised and appeared in a number of Directors Disqualification cases, both in contested hearings, applications for leave to act as a director under s17 and in compromising cases by way of undertakings.

Members of St Pauls Chambers regularly provide advice, advocacy and drafting in the following areas of corporate insolvency: the new administration regime under the Enterprise Act 2002, schemes of arrangement, international and cross-border insolvencies (including issues arising under the EC Insolvency Regulation), fraudulent and wrongful trading, voluntary and compulsory liquidations, insolvent partnerships, receiverships and administrative receiverships, transactions at an undervalue, and preferences and statutory asset recovery under Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

The work of our insolvency barristers also includes personal insolvency. St Pauls Chambers members advise and act for trustees in bankruptcy, supervisors/nominees in IVAs, as well as debtors, creditors and bankrupts. Our barristers have substantial experience with the changes to bankruptcy laws following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002.