Some new insolvency and company law expertise for the UKSC - supremecourt.uk/news/lord-ju...

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Our corporate insolvency law #LAW373 2026 insolvencies slide of the week has been updated post Easter as we continue into week nine of teaching. This update contains some well known brands...

We've known for a long time in Higher Education that Francis Bacon may have been exaggerating when he said that knowledge is power.

Lancashire Fair, Good Friday, Daisy Nook, 1946, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Government Art Collection).

Hardcopies of #directorsandcreditors law and liability have arrived - available in all good bookshops from the end of March - 27 chapters from academics, practitioners, and judges, plus a foreword from Lady Arden - @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

The next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event is on the 31st March 2026 - sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

Hardcopies of #directorsandcreditors law and liability have arrived - available in all good bookshops from the end of March - 27 chapters from academics, practitioners, and judges, plus a foreword from Lady Arden - @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

Fantastic couple of days at All Souls discussing bankruptcy and its development over six centuries - transpires the north quad (pictured) was funded by a bankrupt #dukeofwharton

The next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event is on the 31st March 2026 - sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

John Aubrey, English antiquary, born #OTD 1626, investigated Neolithic Avebury henge in Wiltshire in 1649; author of candid Brief Lives (Elizabeth I forgave Earl of Oxford, “My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.”) Aubrey’s papers are deposited at Bodleian Library Oxford Quatercentenary @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

#LAW242 #landlaw “…heard by a First-tier Tribunal, that ruled the couple had only clearly taken possession of the land from about 2018, falling short of the 10 years required for an adverse possession ruling.” Couple tried claiming neighbour's land with gnome www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#LAW373 #insolvency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don’t delay sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mr-justice...

Date for the diary! Link to follow soon - Mr Justice Leech and Lord Justice Birss visit the Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum in April 2026 -

£200m is indeed a chunk, but compared with fraud/default levels (over £12bn for BBLS alone) the Hallett Report will be a good investment to help avoid support misuse in a future pandemic - “Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Article summary — I wanted to benefit from capitalism and get profit until my shares actually lost value and I now rank lower than unsecured creditors. Response- Perhaps use shareholding to influence how company was run before collapse? /1 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay

#LAW373 #corporateinsolvency - “Administrators said the sale had preserved 733 jobs - but that 484 jobs had been lost and 38 bars had closed after they were not included in the rescue deal.” Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33m deal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've not looked into it, but is there a misselling to consumers issue? They were promoting the sale of shares on the beer boxes. /1

Some interesting Francis Bacon history from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social and the staff at Grays Inn - youtu.be/mL2eWInWsPk?...

#LAW373 #insolvency

Each week in the #LAW373 Corporate Insolvency Law module we discuss a sample of the latest corporate insolvencies, their drivers/causes, procedure type, and any other novel issues. Here is the slide as we go into week 6...

A great January evening in London building @livunislsj.bsky.social alumni links - alumni.liv.ac.uk/news/stories... - our next event will take place in Liverpool in the summer - details to follow! Do pop along!

Great to hear @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social graduate Dame Rose Heilbron mentioned #BBCRadio4Today Thought for the Day as "one of the great figures of British legal history" Recording and script here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @livunialumni.bsky.social

Guenter Treitel on his experience on the kindertransport. www.oxfordchabad.org/multimedia/m... Treitel was, in my view, the most important English contract lawyer of the last 100 years. /1

Publication day! For those interested in bankruptcy and feminism, and other cool subjects, check out this new collection - out today! @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

Revolution Bars to enter administration with 2,200 jobs at risk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Publication day! For those interested in bankruptcy and feminism, and other cool subjects, check out this new collection - out today! @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.

Letter in Times today

Unsigned WhatsApp messages are not contracts judge rules in denying divorced wife the house her ex appeared to promise her bit.ly/3LPX89V so creditors get his half and she must move.

As Bob Jenrick hits the news cycle again, there remain several unanswered wig related questions...

Interested in officeholders and charity law and policy? If so do come along to the next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event on the 29th January at Hundred Court Chambers - sign up details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-compa...

Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop near collapse, putting 2,550 jobs at risk

Happy New Year! Do join us on the 22nd January at the London Athenaeum for our next SLSJ alumni event. The details are here - sign up today: alumni.liv.ac.uk/events/php/i...

Isn’t this just a form of protracted phoenixism?? So is he engaging in a.216 Insolvency Act 1986 activity? I seem to remember some of his previous ventures owed substantial amounts to creditors - wasn’t it about £90million? #LAW373 #insolvency

Jamie Oliver to relaunch Italian restaurant chain in UK six years after collapse

Redolent of the collapse of Jamie’s Italian - particularly the effect on employees - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Do sign up today for this SLSJ alumni event on the 22nd January 2026 - alumni.liv.ac.uk/events/php/i...

Excellent work from the Law Student Football Club @livunislsj.bsky.social for 2025/2026 @livunihss.bsky.social this follows on from a strong charity game performance last year 1/2 #heilbronrovers

Do join the LBPCF for a Christmas drink next week at the Racquet Club - no racquet required! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

Very joyful graduation ceremony celebrating the hard work of graduating masters students for the @livuninews.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social LLM with RUW - www.ruw.edu.bh

Great to meet Dr. Raed Alnemer and the @livunislsj.bsky.social LL.M. students at our @liverpooluni.bsky.social partner, the Royal University for Women, Bahrain. Lots of interesting company law and governance discussion - www.ruw.edu.bh

On the back of the recent thread about Peppercorn Rents, I was very kindly asked to write a short article for the @bigissue.com on the subject which they have now put online. Quite a challenge in squeezing it all in to their word limit!

Should the Sevenoaks scale go beyond 15 years for a disqualification period? Should we have lifetime director disqualifications? There seems to be no regard for stakeholders including creditors with some users of the corporate form #LAW350 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some further Kids Company chat - at Exchange Chambers annual insolvency conference. Thank you to the hosts for invite and the audience for patience! #insolvency thanks to Dr Wood on the photos! #higherpublicbenefitstandard

We’re celebrating breaking into the global top 150 and rising 17 places in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, now ranked 143rd - our highest-ever position! 🏆 What a year for us - we’re so proud of you #TeamLivUni 💙 Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/09/u...

Further charity issues for Prince Harry which touch on the #patronagebargain “Chad cuts ties with wildlife charity linked to Prince Harry” www.bbc.com/news/article... 1/2