Nick Taylor

Nick has a particular interest (and experience at his level of call) in company law work. During pupillage, Nick gained significant experience (with Andrew Latimer and Mark Harper QC) of shareholder disputes, including unfair prejudice petitions, derivative actions and winding up on the just and equitable ground.

Examples of more recent work include:

• Drafting proceedings in a section 994 CA 2006 claim (alleging unfair prejudice) asserting the existence of a quasi-partnership, breaches of directors’ duties and unlawful reductions in shareholdings
• Successfully representing a company in an application under section 1096 CA 2006 to remove confidential material from the Register of Companies
• Advising on a potential breach of directors’ duty/breach of confidence claim
• Regular appearances in Companies Act applications including applications for rectification of the register, replacement of charges and extensions of time to deliver charges to the Registrar.
• Advising a company director in connection with potential disqualification proceedings
• Successfully appearing for a director in proceedings under the CDDA 1996 seeking permission to act as a director for a number of companies. Nick appeared for the director at an interim and final hearing.

Nick has recently delivered a seminar (with Mark Harper QC) titled “The Limitations on the Unfair Prejudice Remedy”, which discussed the impact of the decisions in Re Hut Group Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 904 and Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor & another [2021] EWCA Civ 1135

Nick has a broad experience of corporate and personal insolvency, including voluntary arrangements, liquidations, administrations and bankruptcy proceedings.

Examples of recent experience include:

• Re A Company [2021] EWHC 2289 (Ch) – a preliminary hearing of a winding-up petition which considered the ‘coronavirus test’. Nick acted for the successful respondent company.
• Advising a liquidator as to whether certain payments constituted a “transaction” for the purposes of s283 IA 1986
• Regular appearances in the applications lists including for administration orders, applications to extend or discharge administrations
• Advising over a company over a number of weeks on various matters in connection with CVA proposals that were due to be issued
• Advising a trustee-in bankruptcy on a potential transaction at an undervalue claim
• Advising on and successfully appearing at a hearing to have a ‘homes rights’ notice removed from a bankrupt’s residential home
• Appearing on behalf of the directors on an application for the directors to act for companies known by prohibited names under s216 IA 1986
• Advising a trustee-in-bankruptcy whether settlement amounts received from group litigation orders vested in the trustee-in-bankrupt
• Advising a trustee-in-bankruptcy on points arising from the sale of various properties in relation to capital gains tax
• Regular appearances in the winding-up lists and instructions in connection with contested winding-up petitions where debts are said to be disputed
• Successfully appearing for a director in proceedings under CDDA 1996 seeking permission to act as a director for a number of companies. Nick appeared for the director at an interim and final hearing.
• Assisting Eleanor Temple in a four day remote trial in relation to a misfeasance action brought by a liquidator against two directors involving a complex international corporate structure (as a pupil)

Nick has also delivered a seminar to the Leeds Business and Property Courts Forum with Her Honour Judge Jackson and Eleanor Temple on the ‘new’ Schedule 10 of CIGA 2020 in relation to winding up petitions.