UK Corporate Civil Enforcement: A Broadened Enforcement Remit and New Enforcement Tools

Katharina Crinson, Rachel Seeley, Nicholas Cooper and Craig Montgomery of Freshfields report that the Insolvency Service is proposing sweeping reforms to corporate civil enforcement, including expanding its remit beyond insolvency, introducing a new director restrictions regime, shifting disqualification decisions from courts to the agency, and enhancing investigatory and procedural powers, raising significant concerns around fairness, due process and the impact on turnaround professionals.

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