Seminars

Annual Insolvency Conference 2024 – Leeds

Date

19/11/2024

Cost

£175 plus VAT

CPD

3.5

Venue

Hilton Leeds City Neville St, Leeds, LS1 4BX

We are delighted to invite you to our Annual Insolvency Conference 2024.

The conference will be a half day event, held in the morning on Tuesday, 19th November at Hilton Leeds City

If you would like to attend, please contact the Seminars Team.

 

The full programme and event details can be found below.

 

Event Programme:

08:30 – 08:50 – Coffee and Registration

08:50 – 09:00 – Welcome and Opening by Lisa Linklater KC in Leeds and Giles Maynard-Connor KC in Manchester

09:00 – 09:20 – Steven Fennell: Remuneration Applications.

09:20 – 09:40 – Dr John Tribe, Justin Dionne (Chief Technical Officer, Insolvency Service) and Jag Saroe (Head of Special Situations, Insolvency Service): Trading Liquidations: Is it technically possible and practically necessary?

09:40 – 10:00 – Anja Lansbergen-Mills: Director Disqualification, Compensation Orders and Leave to Act

10:00 – 10:20 – Ian Tucker: Re: UK Cloud Ltd [2024] EWHC 1259 (Ch) and the difficulties with granting a fixed charge over intangible assets.

10:20 – 11:00 – Brunch

11:00 – 11:20 – Graham Sellers: Cross undertakings in damages by IPs: where are we in light of Hunt v Ubhi [2023] EWCA Civ 417?

11:20 – 11:40 – Jodie Wildridge in Leeds and Joel Finnan in Manchester: asset recovery and navigating hybrid pleadings

11:40 – 12:00 – Professor David Milman: Transactional Avoidance on Insolvency

12:00 – 12:20 – George Rowell: An update on insolvency and company law claims against directors arising from failed tax avoidance schemes.

12:20 – 12:40 – Eleanor d’Arcy: Key Practical Points for Restructuring plans post

12:40 – 13:00 – Questions and Close