Healys Insolvency team acts for insolvency practitioners, directors, lenders and other stakeholders on a wide range of insolvency issues for both companies and individuals. We act on all formal insolvency procedures and provide advice on the options available where a company or individual is not yet in formal insolvency. We also assist creditors in enforcing their debts by the most effective means.
We understand the need for quick and succinct advice when insolvency and recovery issues arise and we pride ourselves in offering comprehensive advice in an approachable and commercial manner. This allows our clients to take the most appropriate action to protect themselves, their business or their assets, where possible. Our trusted team works with small, medium and large clients to find their way around the complexities of the legal system whilst aiming to achieve their objectives with a commercial and professional approach.
Our team can give advice on a wide range of matters including:
For further information on our services please contact the team on 020 7822 4000 / 01273 685 888 or email insolvency@healys.old-website.shout-loud.co.uk.
21st February 2020
Following a landmark High Court ruling, dishonest company directors can expect not only to be disqualified but also to be held directly liable to compensate creditors for their losses. In the first case of its kind, the Court ordered the former boss of an insolvent fine wine company to pay a six-figure sum to its ripped off customers. Continue reading »
15th January 2020
Judges can be relied upon to bend every sinew in support of insolvency practitioners seeking to recover defrauded funds for the benefit of creditors. As an unusual High Court case showed, that includes seizing alleged wrongdoers’ passports. Continue reading »
1st February 2019
For the third successive year, personal insolvencies are up. In 2018, the number of people entering into insolvency in the UK rose to 155,229, an increase of 16%, and the highest since 2011. Continue reading »
4th January 2019
Struggling companies all too often put off settling their tax liabilities in order to meet their other creditors’ demands and stay afloat. However, a case in which the boss of a beauty treatments business was banned from holding directorships shows how very unwise that is. Continue reading »
14th November 2018
The perils of contracting with undercapitalised limited companies, with no guarantees from directors or others associated with them, were starkly revealed by a High Court case concerning the £5 million refurbishment of a manor house. Continue reading »
21st February 2020
Following a landmark High Court ruling, dishonest company directors can expect not only to be disqualified but also to be held directly liable to compensate creditors for their losses. In the first case of its kind, the Court ordered the former boss of an insolvent fine wine company to pay a six-figure sum to its ripped off customers. Continue reading »
15th January 2020
Judges can be relied upon to bend every sinew in support of insolvency practitioners seeking to recover defrauded funds for the benefit of creditors. As an unusual High Court case showed, that includes seizing alleged wrongdoers’ passports. Continue reading »
1st February 2019
For the third successive year, personal insolvencies are up. In 2018, the number of people entering into insolvency in the UK rose to 155,229, an increase of 16%, and the highest since 2011. Continue reading »
4th January 2019
Struggling companies all too often put off settling their tax liabilities in order to meet their other creditors’ demands and stay afloat. However, a case in which the boss of a beauty treatments business was banned from holding directorships shows how very unwise that is. Continue reading »
14th November 2018
The perils of contracting with undercapitalised limited companies, with no guarantees from directors or others associated with them, were starkly revealed by a High Court case concerning the £5 million refurbishment of a manor house. Continue reading »