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Insolvency-law [2026] EWHC 1228 (Ch)

Cohen & Anor v Co-Operative Group Ltd & Ors

Cohen & Anor v Co-Operative Group Ltd & Ors [2026] EWHC 1228 (Ch) (21 May 2026)

The High Court considered whether Project Chicago share withdrawals and transfers were transactions at an undervalue or preferences under the Insolvency Act 1986.

  • Transaction-at-undervalue
  • Preference
  • Liquidation
  • Directors'-duties
  • Corporate-restructuring
  • Insolvency-act-1986
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Insolvency

Malcolm Cohen & Anor v Co-Operative Group Limited & Ors

The High Court dismissed liquidators’ insolvency claims over Project Chicago, holding the share-capital withdrawals were not an undervalue and the preference claim failed.

  • Transaction-at-undervalue
  • Preference
  • Directors'-duties
  • Registered-societies
  • Liquidation
  • Creditor-claims
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 1152 (Ch)

Henderson & Jones Ltd v Chambers & Anor (Re Priors Group Ltd)

Henderson & Jones Ltd v Chambers & Anor (Re Priors Group Ltd) [2026] EWHC 1152 (Ch) (14 May 2026)

Summary judgment on alleged misapplication of company funds was refused. The court held the defendants had realistic prospects of defence and adjourned trial after late evidence was admitted.

  • Summary-judgment
  • Directors'-duties
  • Liquidation-validity
  • Assignment-of-claims
  • Breach-of-trust
  • Fiduciary-duties
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 1135 (Ch)

Barriball & Anor v Jackson & Anor (Re HSJ Consultancy Ltd)

Barriball & Anor v Jackson & Anor (Re HSJ Consultancy Ltd) [2026] EWHC 1135 (Ch) (13 May 2026)

The High Court held that the directors of HSJ Consultancy Limited breached their duties by entering tax avoidance schemes while the company was insolvent or made insolvent.

  • Directors'-duties
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Creditor-duty
  • Tax-avoidance-schemes
  • Limitation
  • Ratification-of-director-conduct
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Insolvency-law

HSJ Consultancy Limited (in liquidation), Re

The High Court held that directors breached their duties by entering aggressive tax schemes without proper creditor consideration and ordered them to repay ÂŁ436,500.

  • Directors'-duties
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Misfeasance
  • Limitation
  • Equitable-compensation
  • Tax-avoidance-schemes
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 1043 (Ch)

Gladwin v RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP & Ors

Gladwin v RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP & Ors [2026] EWHC 1043 (Ch) (07 May 2026)

The High Court struck out Mr Gladwin’s claim against RSM and former joint administrators as incoherent, abusive and unsupported, and made a three-year ECRO.

  • Strike-out-applications
  • Civil-restraint-orders
  • Fraud-allegations
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Directors'-duties
  • Administration-of-companies
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Insolvency

Manolete Partners Plc v David Smith

The High Court held that payments by A & D Joinery Limited to its former owner were transactions at an undervalue and a partial breach of duty.

  • Transaction-at-undervalue
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Section-238-insolvency-act-1986
  • Section-171-175-companies-act-2006
  • Balance-sheet-and-cashflow-insolvency
  • Directors'-duties
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Contract

Ron Hoffman & Anor v Finalto Group Limited & Anor

The High Court held the ETS binding, found GI repudiated it, awarded damages for non-issuance of equity, and rejected the counterclaims.

  • Breach-of-contract
  • Employment-termination
  • Directors'-duties
  • Fraudulent-misrepresentation
  • Valuation-of-equity
  • Tax-treatment-of-equity-awards
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Company-law [2026] EWHC 721 (Ch)

Secretary of State for Business and Trade v James & Ors

Secretary of State for Business and Trade v James & Ors [2026] EWHC 721 (Ch) (01 April 2026)

Trial judgment in a directors disqualification claim over missing hire-purchase assets and unauthorized secured sales. The court found unfitness proved against all three directors.

  • Directors'-duties
  • Disqualification
  • Unfit-conduct
  • Hire-purchase-agreements
  • Secured-transactions
  • Directors-disqualification
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Insolvency

Garden House Software Limited v Timothy Marsh & Ors

The High Court dismissed a reverse summary judgment and strike-out application in an insolvency dispute over a software asset transfer and later charge.

  • Transaction-at-an-undervalue
  • Transaction-defrauding-creditors
  • Directors'-duties
  • Summary-judgment
  • Strike-out
  • Abuse-of-process
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