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Insolvency [2025] EWHC 2882 (Ch)

Speciality Steel UK Ltd, Re

Speciality Steel UK Ltd, Re [2025] EWHC 2882 (Ch) (21 August 2025)

The High Court granted a winding-up order against Speciality Steel UK Limited, rejecting a further adjournment and preferring liquidation with special managers.

  • Winding-up
  • Compulsory liquidation
  • Appointment of special managers
  • Creditor rights
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Compulsory-liquidation
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Insolvency law

Clare Kennedy & Ors v Fonds Rusnano Capital SA

The High Court allowed administrators to sell fixed charge assets free of security under paragraph 71, finding the disposal would aid administration and the price was proper.

  • Administration of insolvent companies
  • Sale of secured assets
  • Sanctions compliance
  • Valuation of assets
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Insolvency-law
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Professional negligence [2023] EWHC 1786 (Ch)

VE Vegas Investors IV LLC v Evelyn Partners LLP & Ors

VE Vegas Investors IV LLC v Evelyn Partners LLP & Ors [2023] EWHC 1786 (Ch) (27 July 2023)

The High Court partly allowed an application in a negligence claim over a pre-pack sale, requiring individual potential purchasers to be identified if relied on at trial.

  • Breach of duty
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Pleading requirements
  • Market valuation
  • Strike out applications
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Company law

Lisa Pickering v John Robert Hughes & Ors

High Court unfair prejudice petition concerning Portbond and its subsidiary was dismissed after a split trial, with the court finding no proven unfair prejudice under s994.

  • Unfair prejudice
  • Directors' duties
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Shareholder remedies
  • Directors' loan accounts
  • Misappropriation of company assets
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Company law [2022] EWHC 3359 (Ch)

Pickering v Hughes & Ors

Pickering v Hughes & Ors [2022] EWHC 3359 (Ch) (23 December 2022)

High Court dismissed a section 994 unfair prejudice petition arising from family company disputes, insolvency, and a pre-pack sale involving Portbond and LWC.

  • Unfair prejudice
  • Shareholder remedies
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Directors' duties
  • Family company disputes
  • Unfair-prejudice
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Insolvency [2022] EWHC 1765 (Ch)

Houst Ltd, Re

Houst Ltd, Re [2022] EWHC 1765 (Ch) (14 June 2022)

The High Court granted Houst Limited’s application to convene creditor and member meetings for a proposed restructuring plan under section 901C of the Companies Act 2006.

  • Restructuring plan
  • Creditors' meetings
  • Section 901c companies act 2006
  • Class composition
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Restructuring-plan
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Insolvency law

Nationwide Accident Repair Services Ltd & Ors, Re

The High Court appointed administrators for nine Nationwide group companies, approving a pre-pack sale where the group was insolvent and liquidation would worsen returns.

  • Appointment of administrators
  • Director authority
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Creditor interests
  • Pension scheme deficit
  • Administration-orders
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Insolvency [2020] EWHC 2385 (Ch)

Blue Co International LLP, Re

Blue Co International LLP, Re [2020] EWHC 2385 (Ch) (07 September 2020)

The High Court held that administrators could seek permission to ask a French court to stay or dismiss proceedings on jurisdictional grounds and granted an estate indemnity for the costs.

  • Administrator powers
  • Indemnity
  • Cross-border jurisdiction
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Insolvency
  • Administrator-powers
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Insolvency

Blue Co International LLP, Re

The High Court held that administrators could seek a stay or dismissal in France on jurisdictional grounds and granted an indemnity for their costs.

  • Administrator's powers
  • Indemnity for administrators
  • Jurisdictional challenge
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Directions under insolvency act
  • Insolvency
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Insolvency [2018] EWHC 186 (Ch)

Ve Vegas Investors IV LLC & Ors v Shinners & Ors

Ve Vegas Investors IV LLC & Ors v Shinners & Ors [2018] EWHC 186 (Ch) (08 February 2018)

The High Court removed joint administrators of Ve Interactive Limited after finding their conflict of interest prevented independent investigation of a pre-pack sale.

  • Removal of administrators
  • Conflict of interest
  • Pre-pack administration
  • Costs in insolvency proceedings
  • Insolvency
  • Administrators-removal
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