Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT, who has died at the age of 99, was the last lord chancellor to serve all three branches of the constitution with distinction. rozenberg.substack.com/p/lord-macka...

The Heinz Library and Archive of the National Portrait Gallery has some very interesting items related to HM judiciary. Here for your delight is a very youthful Mr Justice Denning (as he then was): 1/3

RIP Sir Roy Goode. V sad news. At an SLS Sir Roy and Sir Phillip Bailhache were both in the audience for my Jersey bankruptcy paper. Sir Roy had drafted the relevant law. The nerves! Super kind questions. At Liverpool we use his "Is the law too favourable to secured creditors?" paper every year..1/2

Oh no. Roy Goode has died. An amazing man. Easily the most important commercial lawyer of the last century. He was an autodidact, teaching himself how things worked and then explaining it on to others from scratch, which was how he pushed things forward.

Some insolvency and company material in this fantastic valedictory from outgoing UKSC Lord Richards - supremecourt.uk/news/lord-ri...

A new short blog entry here about the new OUP collection: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-po...

The next LBPCF event details are below. Sign up today for what promises to be an interesting session from Jac Armstrong and Harry East at Hundred Court Chambers - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

A new 2026 citation for Muir Hunter - this time by Mr Justice Cawson in a mammoth judgment - Cohen & Anor v Co-Operative Group Ltd & Ors [2026] EWHC 1228 (Ch) (21 May 2026) - www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

More Director Information Hub information released by the IS today: www.gov.uk/guidance/per...

Do not delay - sign up today for the next LBPCF event - Dr. John Wood on restructuring plans and legal reasoning. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

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...