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    Business Support and Insolvency -Summer 2021 Newsletter
    2021-09-28

    What have we been up to?

    Aside from our collective (but not wholly unexpected) disappointment that the lifting of the remaining Covid restrictions has been pushed back to 19 July, the team continue to advise on a wide range of insolvency related matters, amongst the recent highlights being:

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Tax, Boyes Turner LLP, Brexit, Coronavirus, European Commission, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), European Free Trade Association, Lugano Convention
    Authors:
    Phil Smith , Oliver Fitzpatrick , Darryn Harris , Lizzie Peck
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Boyes Turner LLP
    Coronavirus Debt Enforcement for Companies Update
    2021-09-28

    The embargo on evicting or winding up companies who have failed to pay their commercial rent has been in place for a while; was extended from 30 June 2021 and remains in place until 25 March 2022.

    The exception was if the creditor could show the failure to pay the rent was not COVID related but the few Court decisions made under the emergency legislation made it clear that the exception was an extremely high hurdle to clear.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herrington Carmichael LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Frankie Tierney
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herrington Carmichael LLP
    COVID-19: Winding up petition restrictions to be replaced from 30 September 2021
    2021-09-29

    Background

    The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) came into force on 26 June 2020.

    Schedule 10 of CIGA restricted the presentation of debt-related winding-up petitions where a company cannot pay its bills (including rent) due to COVID-19 in Great Britain.

    These restrictions were initially due to end on 30 September 2020, but have since been extended until 30 September 2021.

    The Current Position

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Burges Salmon LLP, Coronavirus, Commercial tenant
    Authors:
    James Sutherland
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Burges Salmon LLP
    August 2021: Supreme Court clarifies the parameters of the tort of lawful act economic duress; Competition Appeal Tribunal grants first ever Collective Proceedings Order; and Privy Council holds that the ‘reflective loss’ rule is a substantive rule of law
    2021-09-27

    PH Insight for News and Analysis of the Latest Developments from the Courts of England and Wales for August 2021

    In this edition. . .

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Paul Hastings LLP, Coronavirus, European Commission, UK Supreme Court
    Authors:
    Alex Leitch , Jack Thorne , Harry Denlegh-Maxwell , Alison Morris , Jonathan Robb , Gesa Bukowski
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Paul Hastings LLP
    Investing in Distressed Hotel Assets - What to Consider
    2021-09-27

    Summary

    With government support instigated by the Covid-19 pandemic coming to an end, there is an inevitability that some hotel owners will sadly not have the liquidity to continue to operate in the medium term. Eager investors are seeing opportunities and are waiting to deploy capital. We examine the main considerations for investors who are looking to purchase distressed hotel assets out of an insolvency process.

    General Introduction

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate, BCLP, Due diligence, Coronavirus, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), GDPR
    Authors:
    Laura Wild
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    BCLP
    An Insurer’s Questions: Interpretation and Waiver
    2021-09-23

    The questions that an insurer asks prospective insureds on an application for insurance, and the answers given in response, can have important ramifications on the parties’ rights and obligations going forward. The proper interpretation of those questions can often prove crucial in determining whether the insured has complied with their obligation to disclose material facts and give a fair presentation of risk. The consequences of any misrepresentation or material non-disclosure can be significant, including denial of coverage by the insurer.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, 4 Pump Court
    Authors:
    Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard , Elliott Cook , Roddy Dunlop KC
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    4 Pump Court
    How real has the real risk of dissipation been?
    2021-09-24

    Test for risk of dissipation

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
    Authors:
    José-Antonio Maurellet SC , John Hui , Howard Wong
    Location:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Company Directors Beware! Parliament Debates Extending Current Directors’ Disqualification Regime to Directors of Dissolved Companies
    2021-09-21

    The Ratings (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill, which is currently being considered in the House of Lords, contains significant implications for directors of dissolved companies.

    The key provisions of the Bill, which if passed is likely to become law in late 2021 or early 2022 and importantly expressly provide that it will have retrospective effect, are that the Insolvency Service will be able to:

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Coronavirus, House of Lords
    Authors:
    Molly Ahmed , Robert Paydon
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Armstrong Teasdale LLP
    Restrictions on winding-up petitions: phasing out of temporary measures
    2021-09-23

    The UK Government has announced changes to the regime for winding-up petitions. With effect from 1 October 2021, some of the protections currently afforded to businesses against aggressive debt recovery action are being phased out.

    The changes are intended to avoid a 'cliff edge' for debtor companies when the current measures lapse at the end of September 2021, and have a tapering effect to avoid the flood of winding-up petitions that might otherwise be expected.

    What are the current restrictions (in place until 30 September 2021)?

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, DLA Piper, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Tim Dawson , David Ampaw , Sarah Letson , Rowan Aspinwall
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    DLA Piper
    Testing times for the "Supplier of Last Resort" regime as UK gas prices continue to rise
    2021-09-21

    Kwasi Kwarteng, UK Business and Energy Secretary is reported to have said on 20 September that “My task is to ensure that any energy supplier failures cause the least amount of disruption to consumers”.

    Wholesale day-ahead gas prices in the UK are reported to have jumped some 9% on 20 September alone. The rise is as a result of a number of factors including increased demand in Asia, lower supplies of gas from Russia and increase in demand as countries emerge from lockdown restrictions and economies start to pick up once more.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown
    Authors:
    Michael Fiddy , Kirsti Massie , Fatema Begum
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown

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