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Government thinks about the rescue culture

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2009

In the Budget, the Government announced two consultation processes aimed at breathing new life into the rescue culture

A pensions angle on pre-packs

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 9 2009

The Pensions Regulator recently became involved in the current controversies attaching to pre-pack arrangements

Off-site materials: out of site shouldn’t mean out of mind

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 24 2009

The purchase of off-site materials has always been an area fraught with risk for contractors and employers; even more so with the increasing threat of supplier insolvency

Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007 where are we now?

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 31 2009

Implementation of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007 continues apace

CVAs given a sporting chance

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 21 2009

Company Voluntary Arrangements ("CVAs") have been in the news recently for all of the right reasons

Pre-packs in the spotlight again

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 24 2009

Pre-pack sales continue to attract attention and create controversy

Breach of fiduciary duty by not paying VAT

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 7 2009

The High Court in England has made an interesting decision in the case of ED Games Limited

Farepak in BDO we trust

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 8 2009

Some of the customers of Farepak, the failed Christmas hamper company that went into liquidation with BDO Stoy Hayward some three years ago, will apparently soon receive their first dividend cheques out of the insolvency

Devolution and corporate insolvency

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 23 2009

The Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution was tasked with recommending changes to the present constitutional arrangements for Scotland

Challengeable transactions revisited

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 29 2009

With ever-increasing numbers of corporate insolvencies, it is likely that the courts will see an increase in litigation raised by insolvency practitioners and creditors arising out of restructuring arrangements entered into by companies in an attempt to stave off insolvency