Whilst the government has taken significant steps to help protect businesses from collapsing as a result of the current pandemic, it is evident that companies across the board are acutely aware that such protection cannot last forever.

We now have further evidence of the court's willingness to act within the spirit of the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Bill ("CIG Bill").

Sky News reports today that the Insolvency Service is considering reforms to insolvency laws which may include a moratorium on winding up petitions against companies and the suspension of rules on wrongful trading.