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Daniel Lightman KC & Charlotte Beynon recommend a rigorous approach when bringing Insolvency Act claims

BTI v Sequana: Nicholas Dobson considers the limit of directors’ duties to company creditors

Dusoruth v Orca: does the absence of a liquidated debt automatically lead to the annulment of a bankruptcy order? Wilson Leung & Ryan Tang examine the judgment

The duties of directors in financially precarious companies: Mary Young & Adam Deacock examine the Supreme Court’s judgment in BTI v Sequana

Despite the UK’s intention to be a global leader in cryptoassets, the courts are still wrestling with the basics: Rachel Coyle of 36 Commercial explains why it’s time to get to grips with the insolvency context

In the second of a three-part series by Collas Crill on Jersey and Guernsey law, James Tee explores options available to victims of fraud in an insolvency context

Cryptocurrency has been recognised as property, in a ground-breaking case, but the courts are grappling and wrestling with this area of law

In the first of a three-part series on Jersey & Guernsey law, Simon Hurry provides an overview of insolvency in the Channel Islands & the options available

John O’Hare explores the options available to help people with financial troubles

With debt on the rise in these straitened times, retired costs judge John O’Hare considers the ways in which both individuals and businesses can use insolvency law to ease their financial pressures, in this week’s NLJ

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’

Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot

NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake

The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’

NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’

A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes

NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?

After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent

NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?

Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25

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Insolvency

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven