Articles by ‘Milan Kapadia’

At Royds LLP, our Dispute Resolution department has a first-rate reputation for handling cases ranging from insolvency proceedings to breaches of copyright. Liaising closely with other departments, our experienced team of practitioners represents corporations, small and medium-sized businesses and individuals.

Royds LLP is advising all our clients and business contacts that controversial increases in court fees are set to take effect from Monday (March 9th). The changes, which will see a five per cent…

Insolvency trade body R3 has devised a five-point plan to give businesses the best chance of keeping their head above water in the first three months of the year.

New figures from the insolvency trade body R3 show that the number of businesses opting to be removed from Companies House as an alternative to going through formal insolvency process has increased – prompting a warning to creditors.

In our latest banking bulletin, we covered the enquiry into the manipulations of the foreign exchange markets (in our article entitled FOREX Scandal).  Since going to press there have been significant developments as the…

New research has revealed that one in three businesses is reluctant to chase bad debt.

On 10th October 2014 the EU Justice Ministers approved the ratification of the 2005 Choice of Court Agreements Convention (“the Convention”), part of the Hague Convention on Private International law. This means that the Convention will be given effect throughout EU Member States and the other states that have ratified it.

Those in the insolvency profession are calling on the government to put in place a permanent exemption for insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012.

The proposals would stop essential suppliers from activating termination clauses in supply contracts in the event of a customer’s insolvency. As well as being required to continue providing their services during the business recovery…

Plans to increase the minimum level of debt which can trigger bankruptcy proceedings are being considered by the Government.

New recommendations designed to give businesses a better deal from failing companies have been announced.

Good Samaritans and community heroes are set to have the law on their side in future, according to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. In a move designed to bring some common sense back to Britain’s health and safety culture action is being taken to support the millions of people who volunteer and carry out good deeds every year. An important part of this is to make sure they are not put off from participating by worries about risk and liability if something goes wrong.