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Whatever issue you're facing, we use our experience to find the best solution for you. Here you can read case studies demonstrating how we have helped other clients to find commercial solutions to their problems and enable them to get on with business.

Insolvency practitioners
- Administration

Defending Administrators Against Multiple Claims and Securing a Civil Restraint Order

Why the client needed our help We acted for the joint administrators of a company established as a special purpose vehicle for the acquisition...

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Company rescue

Rescuing a multi-site restaurant group through a successful pre pack administration

FWJ helped a UK restaurant group avoid liquidation through a pre pack administration that preserved jobs and rescued the business. Contact our team for...

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Tax disputes

Overturning a £500,000 HMRC Personal Liability Notice at the First-tier Tax Tribunal

Read how our team overturned a £500,000 personal liability notice for our client. A stunning result.

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Dispute resolution, Director services

Director Loan Account claim settled for 60% reduction in liquidator’s demand

FWJ negotiated a 60% reduction in a liquidator’s claim over a director’s loan account, resolving the dispute swiftly and avoiding costly litigation

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Dispute resolution, Company rescue

Reducing a £88,000 liquidator claim by 75%

Read how we dealt with a demand from a liquidator and reduced an £88,000 claim against a director by 75%

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Shareholder and member services

Securing a £200,000 Settlement for a Director in an Unfair Prejudice Claim

Read how we settled an unfair prejudice claim in favour of our client for £200,000 and avoided a costly court hearing.

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Tax disputes

Securing £323,778 in R&D Tax Relief After HMRC Rejection

Read how we overturned a £323,778 rejected R&D tax credit claim for a leading sports equipment manufacturer.

Insolvency practitioners
- Director services

How FWJ defended a director facing a 10 year disqualification

Read how we helped a director get the threat a 10 year director ban dropped by the insolvency service.

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Commercial litigation, Dispute resolution, Director services

Helping a director to remain acting as a director of 17 separate companies despite a disqualification undertaking

Stunning result helped our client remain director of 17 companies with a turnover of £100 million despite director ban.

Insolvency practitioners
- Asset tracing

Recovering misused company funds from a director

Read how we helped a liquidator recover £100,000's from a director who had wrongly diverted company funds

Private clients
- Personal insolvency

Helping a client navigate bankruptcy while protecting family assets

Read how we helped a bankrupt client avoid losing their family home.

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Tax disputes

Swift challenge to Account Freezing Order secures release of funds for confectionery wholesaler

Read how our swift action lead to an Account Freezing Order being withdrawn by Thames Valley Police against our client

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