It is a sad but inevitable fact that shutting down large sectors of the economy will lead to more insolvencies, both corporate and individual. The Insolvency and Companies Court certainly envisages that it is going to be busy, and this inevitably coincides with corresponding constraints on the Court’s ability to deal with the influx. Hence the need for the Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction (‘the Temporary IPD’), which came into force on 6 April 2020.1