Annual Insolvency Conference 2023 – Leeds
We are delighted to invite you to our Annual Insolvency Conference 2023.
The conference will be a half day event, held in the morning on Wednesday, 8th November at DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre.
The full programme and event details can be found below.
Discounts apply for group bookings. If you would like to attend, please contact the Seminars Team.
Event Programme:
08:30 – 08:50 – Coffee and Registration
08:50 – 09:00 – Welcome and Opening by Lisa Linklater KC
09:00 – 09:30 – Carly Sandbach: The Quincecare Duty – the ambit of the duty following recent developments in case law
09:30 – 10:00 – Professor David Milman: Recent developments in personal insolvency law
10:00 – 10:30 – Steven Fennell: Denaxe Ltd v Cooper [2023] EWCA Civ 752 and applications by officeholders for advance approval of their actions
10:30 – 11:10 – Brunch
11:10 – 11:40 – Lisa Linklater KC: The practical impact of the reinstatement of HMRC as a preferential creditor
11:40 – 12:10 – Dr John Tribe; Justin Dionne (Chief Technical Officer, Chief Executive Division, Insolvency Service, UK) and Jag Saroe (Head of Special Situations, Chief Executive Division, Insolvency Service, UK): What is meant by “subject to escheat” in the context of disclaimer of onerous property in the realm of company liquidation? A critical discussion of the Crown Estate’s ownership of ownerless land
12:10 – 12:40 – Giles Maynard-Connor KC: The liability of officeholders
12:40 – 13:00 – Questions and Close
