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.

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

Saving a director from disqualification following an Insolvency Service investigation

Our client, the director of a now liquidated company, approached us after being issued with a preliminary notice threatening disqualification proceedings in relation to...

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

Persuading a liquidator to withdraw its claims against a director accused of misfeasance and breaching his fiduciary duties

Our client, the former director of property development company that had gone into liquidation, needed assistance following a liquidator’s claim for the repayment of...

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Dispute resolution, Company rescue, Director services

Obtaining a validation order, negotiating a payment plan with HMRC and having a winding up petition withdrawn for an executive search firm

Our client, an executive search firm for global companies, had expanded its business and agreed client-determined payment periods. Unfortunately, this had resulted in a...

SMEs, directors & shareholders
- Private client commercial litigation & dispute resolution, Director services

Successfully defending a property developer against a freezing order

We dealt firstly with the freezing order, agreeing terms as to the monetary limits and then agreeing undertakings on behalf of our client so...

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

Obtaining a validation order to unfreeze a care home’s bank account so that it could continue operating

HMRC had issued a winding up petition against our client, a local authority funded residential care home, for various tax liabilities. Then, following the...

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

Successfully defending three directors against director disqualification proceedings and stopping a claim from the liquidator

We were instructed by three directors of a company which had been placed into liquidation, The directors faced Disqualification proceedings in respect of certain pre-insolvency...

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

Successfully defending a director disqualification claim

Our client was the founder and managing director of an independent financial advisors, which, following a rejected insurance claim, was placed into liquidation. ...

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

Reducing the term of a disqualification and obtaining court permission for a director to remain a director of another business

Our client was the sole director of a substantial construction company with a well-established reputation in the industry and an extremely valuable pipeline of...

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

Reducing the term of a director disqualification

We were instructed on behalf of three individuals who were directors of a company which used GSM Gateway technology to offer landline to mobile...

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

Helping seven directors avoid disqualification

We acted for seven separate directors of a large group of companies involved in cutting edge digital technology applications. Unfortunately, the group of companies...

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

Helping a director facing disqualification remain as a director

The director of a thriving accountancy firm came to us facing disqualification proceedings in relation to his management of several other companies. He wanted...

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

Obtaining permission for a theatre producer to remain a director despite disqualification

A successful theatre producer had been prosecuted by Companies House for failing to file his company’s financial accounts. As part of the prosecution, he...

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