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22 October 2021
Issue: 7953 / Categories: Procedure & practice , Insolvency , Profession
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NLJ this week: What debtors can do when the wolf is at the door

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With debt on the rise in these straitened times, retired costs judge John O’Hare considers the ways in which both individuals and businesses can use insolvency law to ease their financial pressures, in this week’s NLJ

The most dramatic option is to file for bankruptcy, a process that can now be made online. Less drastic options exist, however. O’Hare explains how insolvency law can be used to give the debtor breathing space before enforcement of debt collection―individuals have three main ways to do this while companies also have a variety of responses and delaying mechanisms at their fingertips.

O’Hare sets out the various options available to debtors, in a timely and easy-to-follow article. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

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Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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