Insolvency

Lisa practices in all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency. She is regularly instructed to act for office holders and respondents in relation to various claims under the Insolvency Act such as misfeasance claims, setting aside transactions defrauding creditors, transactions at an undervalue and preferences.

Lisa also appears regularly in the applications list in the Business and Property Courts where she has ample experience in dealing with matters such as administration applications, remuneration applications and urgent applications for validation orders and injunctions to restrain presentation or advertisement of winding up petitions. Lisa has extensive experience in dealing with more complex cases, for example, she has acted in numerous cases involving the defective appointment of administrators including the case of Re A.R.G. (Mansfield) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1133 (Ch). She also has particular experience in dealing with difficult legal points arising from the enforcement of guarantees and indemnities. She has recently successfully acted for the creditor in the case of Advance Global Capital Limited v Coombes [2023] EWHC 1822 (Comm) involving the enforcement of a guarantee and indemnity where the Court considered important res judicata issues in relation to summary judgment and applications to set aside a statutory demand.

Lisa is valued for her attention to detail, thorough preparation and excellent trial advocacy skills. She is able to review and critique substantial expert surveyor reports with ease. Clients have described her as “methodical and tenacious” during cross examination.

Lisa is on the Attorney General’s Panel of Regional Counsel and is frequently instructed in public interest winding up petitions and director’s disqualification proceedings.

Examples of Cases:

• Successfully acted for the creditor in the case of Advance Global Capital Limited v Coombes [2023] EWHC 1822 (Comm) involving the enforcement of a guarantee and indemnity where the Court considered important res judicata issues in relation to summary judgment and applications to set aside a statutory demand.
• Successfully acting for the Secretary of State in directors’ disqualification proceedings against directors in a number of trials including numerous cases involving breaches of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme and misuse of loan funds.
• Acting in numerous applications brought by directors for permission to act following disqualification, including acting for the Secretary of State in the case of Wilson v The Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWHC 691 (Ch), where the Court refused the director’s application for permission.
• Acting as Junior Counsel for a Defendant in a high profile and complex alleged claim of £12m by company administrators. The claim involved allegations of dishonest assistance and knowing receipt of breach of trust and alleged breaches of directors’ duties relating to a share sale by the Defendant.
• Acting for directors and administrators in an application to regularise a defective appointment due to the lack of FCA consent: Gregory & Others v A.R.G. Mansfield Limited (In Administration) [2020] EWHC 1133
• Acting on behalf of a bankrupt in a complex application to compel a trustee to conclude a 6-year bankruptcy pursuant to section 303 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and for permission to challenge remuneration and expenses.
• Successfully acting for a liquidator in a trial in respect of claims against a director for breach of duty, wrongful trading and payments of unlawful dividends which involved a complex disputes of fact and detailed analysis of accounts and bank statements.
• Resisting an application to set aside a statutory demand which was issued for nearly £1m as sums due under a personal guarantee. Case involved consideration of commissions and clawbacks in contracts with insurance intermediaries.
• Successfully resisting an application to set aside a statutory demand for sums due under a personal guarantee. Case involved analysis of technical legal points surrounding whether the applicant could be estopped from challenging the guarantee on the basis that it had not been properly witnessed and consideration of the principles in Shah v Shah [2001] EWCA Civ 527