The long arm of the liquidator: AWH Fund Ltd v ZCM Asset Holding Co Ltd (2019)

A recent decision of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (handed down July 29 2019), hearing an appeal of a decision of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas, helped clarify the extent to which liquidators can exercise their powers outside of their jurisdiction in the recovery of funds credited preferentially.

Addlesee and others v Dentons Europe LLP [2019] EWCA Civ 1600, [2019] 10 WLUK 10

C issued proceedings against solicitors who had acted for a now dissolved company, the company purportedly having operated a fraudulent scheme. C wished to see documents that passed between the dissolved company and D, which D asserted were privileged.

MORTGAGE: right of receivers to possession of mortgaged property

Are receivers appointed by a mortgagee entitled to claim possession against resident mortgagors?

Nuts and bolts of commercial property dilapidations workshop

One of the most important issues for both landlords and tenants at the end of a commercial lease is dilapidations.

The devil in the detail: is a liability under a personal guarantee a debt payable immediately?

In July 2019, ICC Judge Barber in Martin v McClaren Construction Limited [2019] EWHC 2059 (Ch) was tasked on an application to set aside a statutory demand under Rule 10.5(5)(d) of the Insolvency Rules 2016 (“IR 2016”)...