Annual Insolvency Conference 2023 – Manchester

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 Thursday, 9th November at The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel

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 Giles Maynard-Connor 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