- Podcast Location:
- Download it here [file size: 22.2 MB]
- Law Categories:
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Insolvency
- CPD Points:
- One Point - details »
Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors and Barristers...
Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority:
Listen and pass the test: Gain 1 accredited CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the test, gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
- Cost:
- Standard rate: £25 - Corporate users will pay less.
- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute accreditation test) - Streaming Audio:
- Yes Downloadable as MP3: Yes
- Contributor(s):
- Course Aims:
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The aim of the course is to teach listeners about the entire process from how and by whom each of the insolvency proceedings may be commenced right the way through to learning about possible exit mechanisms for each of the proceedings. This podcast is suitable for all levels of users.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- Have learnt how and by whom each of the insolvency proceedings may be commenced;
- Understand when a moratorium on other legal processes will arise where a company enters into liquidation, administration or a CVA;
- Have learnt about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proceedings, including who is entitled to select the officeholder and who controls the company’s business;
- Understand what are the purposes of liquidation, administration and CVAs;
- Have learnt about the powers and duties of the officeholder and the way in which the acts of the officeholder may be controlled by others;
- Understand the order in which the company’s assets will be distributed and the changes made by the Companies Act 2006;
- Have learnt about the possible exit mechanisms from each of the insolvency proceedings.
- Accredited CPD Time:
- 30 minutes
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Sources and References:
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- Insolvency Act 1986, Parts 1 and 4 and Schedule B1;
- Enterprise Act 2002;
- Companies Act 2006, s. 1282.
In this podcast, Ben Griffiths, a barrister at Erskine Chambers, discusses liquidation, administration and company voluntary arrangements. Ben considers each of these three insolvency proceedings side by side and looks at the differences between them. In particular the podcast covers the initiation of insolvency proceedings, moratoria on other legal proceedings, the appointment of officeholders, the powers and duties of officeholders, the control of the company’s business, the purposes of the insolvency proceedings, the distribution of the company’s assets and the exit mechanisms from insolvency proceedings.