Also sometimes referred to as a Fixed Charge Receiver, confusion can sometimes arise about their status and liability for the payment of non-domestic rates and council tax. Here, in short-form is a brief explanatory summary.

In recent years a number of cases show the principles of environmental and insolvency law colliding. The courts have upheld the importance of compliance with environmental duties regardless of the company’s solvency. As officers of the court, an administrator must be aware of the environmental responsibilities a company may owe from the outset of their appointment, serious consequences, including personal liability can ensue from a breach.

This note from our Business Support & Insolvency team looks at how Debt Relief Orders can impact on a council's ability to recover overpayment of housing benefits.

This case gives some useful guidance on quite unusual circumstances. In this matter a director signed a debenture for a bank on behalf of the company he represented and then forged the signature of the second director, purporting to the bank that the document had been signed personally.