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A County Court Judgment (CCJ) could affect your personal borrowing ability and if left unpaid, a creditor could petition to wind up your company.
A Time To Pay arrangement is a way of spreading your company tax arrears over a longer period of time in a more affordable way. An agreement is reached between the business and HMRC in an attempt to provide some breathing space to the business and allow cash flow to improve.
If your company owes money to HMRC or another creditor and you have been unable to settle the debt, they may take out a Distraint Order against your company. This involves the seizure of goods to the value of the debt, plus the fees for enforcement action.
A preferential or preferred creditor reserves the right to first payment during an insolvent liquidation, as laid down by the Insolvency Act.
A Statement of Affairs is a document detailing a company’s assets & liabilities.We outline the Statement of Affairs during a Corporate Insolvency procedure.
A Notice of Intention to appoint an administrator will halt any legal action from creditors, giving you time to rescue the business from liquidation.
When a limited company goes 'bankrupt', the correct term is 'insolvent' which means there is insufficient cash available to pay the bills as they become due.
A Retention of Title (ROT) clause often forms part of a written contract between the supplier and their purchaser, and is likely to have been discussed at some point during negotiation. Retention of Title deals with the legal ownership of goods prior to full payment being made.
A serialised guide to some concepts and features encountered in the world of offshore insolvency
Bonds are essentially IOUs issued by companies or governments to raise capital: investors buy bonds from the issuer company, becoming creditors who then receive periodic interest payments. The principal amount is returned when the bond matures.
Agents, and, more specifically, Registered Agents are the topic of the first article in this series.
Removing a County Court Judgment (CCJ), also known as having a CCJ set aside, can be done under specific circumstances but taking early action is key.
Restructuring plans are the latest addition to the corporate insolvency sphere, allowing a company to enter into a "compromise or arrangement" with creditors.