In a judgment handed down earlier today in Regis UK Limited, Mr Justice Zacaroli ruled against landlords seeking repayment of fees against the nominees of a CVA for hair salon and beauty business operator, Regis UK....more
The authors had previously highlighted the UK Government’s intention to introduce: (i) a number of reforms to the UK’s insolvency framework; and (ii) a series of temporary changes to the corporate governance requirements for...more
On 28 March 2020 the UK government (the “Government”), following the lead of Australia and Germany, announced plans to introduce a temporary relaxation of the existing wrongful trading regime for company directors....more
Some important areas of the UK insolvency law regime are impacted by the harmonisation and applicability of EU treaties, regulations, directives and court decisions: both directly (e.g., recognition of cross-border...more
"Don't Ruck with Us," Locke Lord’s annual Insolvency & Restructuring conference, is back, chaired by David Grant, leading Partner commended by Chambers UK for being commercial, a great negotiator and a welcome sight on a...more
An increasing number of businesses continue to be targeted by very sophisticated email scams designed to convince company employees responsible for executing financial transactions to wire funds to overseas accounts...more