La Perla: When there is no rulebook

What Torsion's collapse reveals about the margin problem in construction companies

Moves and Promotions — Week of 9 November, 2026

Moves and promotions at Enyo Law, Flint Bishop, BDO, and more.

Senior Insolvency Administrator

Leonard Curtis (Fareham)

Insolvency Administrator / Senior Insolvency Administrator

FRP Advisory (Leeds)

The licence will keep you out of prison. It will not tell you what to pay: VTB v HM Treasury for officeholders

Paul Henty of Beale & Co looks at the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in PJSC VTB Bank v HM Treasury and what it means in practice for insolvency officeholders dealing with sanctioned creditors, focusing on the distinction drawn by the Court between the role of an OFSI licence and the operation of insolvency law

Poundland: Private Capital, Public Expectations

Vernon Dennis of Howard Kennedy examines the competing interests of investors, creditors, employees and communities in distressed retail businesses, using Poundland’s proposed rescue and Gordon Brothers’ dual role as shareholder and lender to explore whether private capital should be expected to sacrifice financial returns to preserve jobs and stores

Woodville's £249 million litigation funding book comes under scrutiny

Kroll identifies significant concerns over the recoverability of advances to law firms, while Litigation Capital Solutions is brought in to support the administration

CargoLogicAir liquidators seek court path to paying Russian-sanctioned creditors

Liquidators are also revisiting a potential claim against Microsoft over deleted records that have hampered efforts to recover millions in assets

Pavegen Systems Ltd – In Administration

UK based clean tech company that designed, manufactured and installed kinetic floor tiles that convert footsteps into electricity and data

Poundland suitor urges Gordon Brothers to release funding to secure sale

'Strong and stable': Weil’s UK profits soared before firm’s shock demise