Insolvency

What our Insolvency Barristers offer

Kings Chambers’ dedicated team of Insolvency barristers has a well-earned national reputation for its strength across various levels of call from senior silks to junior juniors. The team has very extensive experience of all aspects of insolvency, personal and corporate, contentions and non-contentious, domestic and cross-border, and represents insolvency practitioner office-holders, respondents and defendants to insolvency and related claims, creditors and other interested parties and stakeholders. Our barristers appear regularly in reported cases and can work individually or as part of a team, as required. Many of our barristers are consistently recommended in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 as leaders in the field of restructuring and insolvency and appear in high profile cases.

Our barristers are fully conversant with the very latest developments in the law and practice in the ever-changing world of insolvency and provide seminars, publications and workshops for professional audiences.

Areas of Insolvency Law we cover

Typical work undertaken by the team includes:

Transaction avoidance (transactions-at-undervalue, preferences, transactions-defrauding-creditors etc)
Material irregularity and unfair prejudice claims
Disputes concerning creditor claims and creditors’ meetings
Provisional liquidations
Liquidations (all aspects, including asset recovery, transaction avoidance, misfeasance proceedings, wrongful and fraudulent trading claims)
Administration (all aspects, including applications, challenges to appointments, extensions and distributions)
Bankruptcy (all aspects, including transaction avoidance, statutory demands, petitions, asset recovery, issues over the matrimonial home)
Receivership (LPA, administrative and court-appointed)
Schemes of arrangement and contractual work-outs
Voluntary arrangements (individual, company and partnership, all aspects)
Public and private examinations and the interviewing of respondents
Office-holder remuneration
COMI and issues under the EC Regulation
Mainstream commercial litigation involving insolvency issues arising out of related disputes such as accessory liability (dishonest assistance and knowing receipt), trust claims, retention of title, estoppel and waiver
Injunctive and interim relief applications associated with Insolvency Act and related claims
Disciplinary matters involving insolvency practitioners and their regulatory bodies
Mediation and alternative dispute resolution

What the directories say about our Insolvency Law Barristers

Chambers UK 2021 – Insolvency Northern

Kings Chambers is a highly regarded set on the Northern Circuit, noted for its broad commercial practice. The set boasts a strong bench of senior and junior barristers experienced in the handling of both contentious and non-contentious insolvency-related matters. The team offers representation to insolvency office holders, companies and directors. The set's members are regularly instructed in insolvency disputes at both a domestic and international level.

Client service: "The clerking is great - they are always contactable, responsive and realistic with fee estimates."

"It's a very helpful and knowledgeable clerking team. They are always sensible, pragmatic and commercially minded."

Gary Young is the chief clerk for business and property matters.

Chambers UK 2021 – Insolvency North Eastern

Kings Chambers houses considerable expertise in a wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters. Members are well regarded for their handling of both insolvency litigation and non-contentious matters, and are regularly instructed in director disqualification cases, high-profile administrations and liquidations. Additional areas of expertise for the team include cases involving allegations of fraudulent trading and asset recovery matters. The set's clients include several insolvency practitioners, company directors, litigation funders and individuals. Instructing solicitors praise the barristers as "technically excellent yet very down to earth."

Client service: "The clerks are always happy to help and have a good knowledge of the courts."

"The clerks are helpful and provide realistic timescales for the turnaround of papers. The seminars are always well thought out and adopt a practical approach."

"Led by chief clerk Gary Young, the whole team is very helpful and knowledgeable."