News and Insights
News and Insights
Encompass Corporation LASPO Survey on Insolvency
The biggest risk area is around contracts, particularly in the SME sector, where businesses may not have the resources to...
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When You Have Not Been Reasonably Provided For (Case Study of a Claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975) (“the Inheritance Act”)
In late 2014 Summit Law LLP was approached by a client. He was a young man, just 18 at the...
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Costs of providing documents pursuant to Section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 not recoverable from the insolvency estate as the duty is a ‘public duty’
The High Court case of Harvest Finance Ltd (in liquidation) v Cannons Law Practice LLP and another EWHC 4327 (Ch)...
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Bankruptcy threshold rises to £5,000
The bankruptcy threshold will increase to £5,000 for creditors’ bankruptcy petitions presented after 1 October 2015 as set out in...
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Overdrawn Directors’ Loan Accounts – Part 2
In this two part series, solicitor and founding partner Jeremy Boyle of Summit Law LLP and Barrister Louise Bowmaker of...
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London Fraud Forum
Founding partner and solicitor Jeremy Boyle has been invited to talk on 11 March 2015 by the London Fraud Forum...
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Overdrawn Directors’ Loan Accounts
In this two part series, solicitor and founding partner Jeremy Boyle of Summit Law LLP and Barrister Louise Bowmaker of...
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New Changes to CPR Part 36 Offers – Effective from 6 April 2015
The purpose of CPR Part 36 is to encourage settlement between parties before trial. Its primary effect is to impose...
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LASPO Funding Update for Insolvency Proceedings
So you did some work for a client in Madrid and you are based in England. Accordingly, April 2015 will...
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