Creditor’s application for annulment of bankruptcy Judges: Judge Agnello KC Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Citations: [2022] EWHC 2683 (Ch) Links: Bailii Statutes: Insolvency Act 1986 282(1)(a) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Insolvency Updated: 31 October 2022; Ref: scu.682226
The claimant argued that she should not have been made bankrupt on the application of HMRC in respect of VAT sums she now disputed. Judges: Sir Andrew Morritt C, Toulson, Sullivan LJJ Citations: [2011] EWCA Civ 271, [2011] BPIR 691, [2011] STC 1237, [2011] STI 1213, [2011] BVC 162, [2011] NPC 33 Links: Bailii Statutes: … Continue reading Revenue and Customs v Chamberlin: CA 22 Mar 2011
Application to annul bankruptcy order – council tax liability orders. Judges: Mullen J ICC Citations: [2019] EWHC 1763 (Ch) Links: Bailii Statutes: Insolvency Act 1986 282(1)(a) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Insolvency Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.640071
The claimants appealed from a refusal to annul their bankruptcies, saying that they should not ever have been made, because the petition debt was not a liquidated debt. The claimants said that the debt had been repudiated. Held: The appeal failed. A present right to future payment was not transformed into a claim for damages … Continue reading Webster and Another v Mackay: ChD 19 Jul 2013
The claimant bank said that the court had had no jurisdiction to make the order it had on the respondent’s bankruptcy, saying that his ‘centre of activity’ had been Germany, and not England. Judges: Purle QC J Citations: [2012] EWHC 2432 (Ch) Links: Bailii Statutes: Insolvency Act 1986 282(1)(a), Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of … Continue reading Sparkasse Hilden Ratingen Velbert v Benk and Another: ChD 29 Aug 2012
Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Kyriakides [2021] EWHC 3393 (Ch) Bailii Insolvency Act 1986 282(1)(a) England and Wales Insolvency Updated: 08 January 2022; Ref: scu.670670
Proposed appeal from a decision dismissing the Appellant’s application, made pursuant to section 282(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986, to annul a bankruptcy order made against the Appellant. Citations: [2019] EWHC 2701 (Ch) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Insolvency Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.642771
