The Insolvency Service has been doing excellent work sending regular and frequent Dear IPs to insolvency practitioners during the lockdown, giving practical information and guidance about how insolvency practitioners and…
It has already become apparent that a positive effect of the covid-19 lockdown is increased communication. At a time of change and uncertainty communication is vital both so that insolvency…
Insolvency practitioners will now have new working systems, routines and procedures, many of which will have been put in place without time to assess how successful they will be and…
Life has changed dramatically and very quickly in the last fortnight or so and based on the most recent government announcements these changes are likely to continue. The changes to…
Compliance is effectively defined in SIP 1 and the Ethics Code as the fundamental principle of professional competence and due care. An insolvency practitioner should act diligently and in accordance…
A new SIP 13 will be effective for insolvency appointments from 1 December 2016, providing mandatory guidance about the sale of assets to connected parties, how this should be managed…
Opting out. S246C and S248A Insolvency Act 1986, 1.36 - 1.39 Insolvency Rules 2016. Creditors remain the key decision makers in insolvency but from 6 April 2017 insolvency office holders…
Legislation such as the Bribery Act 2010 is correctly greeted by the insolvency profession with concern to make sure that it is properly understood and to ensure that compliance with…
Compliance for an insolvency practitioner is most simply defined as doing a good job but the work of an insolvency practitioner includes a wide variety of tasks. Some of the…
Dear IP 78 was issued a few days ago and gives information about the Insolvency Service website, applications for block transfers of cases and practical advice about the Court of…