Insolvency Conference Notes 2021

This one-day conference examines the very latest developments and issues in corporate insolvency (morning session) and personal insolvency (afternoon session), delivered by barristers from silks to newly called members of the Kings Insolvency team. After specifically targeted sessions the half-day will culminate in a case law update looking at the key decisions in each sphere.

10.40am - 11.30am

Nick Taylor

Is this a wind-up? Winding-up petitions presented on or after 1 October 2021 and the new Sch 10 to the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Act 2020

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11.30am - 12.00pm

Oliver McEntee

Don’t think this is a permanent thing: the new Temporary (or Miscellaneous) Insolvency Practice Direction (effective 1 October 2021) and a reminder of the
existing IPD provisions

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12.00pm - 1.00pm

Lesley Anderson QC & Lucy Wilson-Barnes

Corporate insolvency case law update: a review of the last year’s key case law and other developments relevant to practice

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2.10pm - 2.45pm

Eleanor d'Arcy & Nathan Smith

The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England & Wales) Regulations 2020: A user’s guide to the new regime (including Axnoller v Brake [2021])

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2.45pm - 3.15pm

Eleanor d'Arcy & Dr Nathan Smith

“But we’ve done the work!!”: Getting paid and s.284 validation when there’s a bankruptcy petition presented (following State Bank of India v Mallya [2021] (Miles J) and Edwards v Aurora Leasing Ltd [2021])

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