Harriet Hartshorn

Call 2016

"Harriet is thoughtful in her advice and recognises the importance to clients of balancing fair customer outcomes with good practical outcomes. She is pragmatic and sensible in her approach and her advocacy is excellent, with an ability to get judges on side."

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Insolvency

Harriet is experienced in both corporate and personal insolvency and handles a range of matters arising out of the Insolvency Act 1986.

Harriet’s recent work includes:

  • Successfully resisting applications to annul a bankruptcy order;
  • Obtaining an administration order with retrospective effect in circumstances where creditor consent to an extension was defective;
  • Successfully resisting and advancing applications to set aside statutory demands;
  • Successfully resisting an application to restrain advertisement of a winding-up petition;
  • Appearing at hearings of winding-up and bankruptcy petitions; and
  • Routine applications on behalf of office-holders concerning remuneration, extension of administrations, and release from liability.