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Benn Richards

Partner, Michelmores
Benn is a partner in the Restructuring & Insolvency team at Michelmores LLP specialising in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency.

He is a solicitor-advocate (all higher courts, civil and criminal) in both England & Wales and is admitted to practice as a solicitor-advocate in the Eastern Caribbean Circuit.

Benn’s work includes acting for insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors, companies, directors, and other stakeholders.

Benn has significant experience in the not-for-profit sector having (among other things) led the insolvency advice on the pre-pack sale of 4Children (August 2016). Benn’s work also includes acting for insolvency office-holders in relation to unlawful tax avoidance schemes, breach of duty claims against directors, cross-border insolvency issues, and acting on complex bankruptcy issues.

He is also a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3).
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Can a trust that was created over ten years ago, putting all assets out of the bankrupt’s estate, be challenged by the bankrupt’s trustee? If so, what are the possible causes of action? If the trust can be challenged, is there any way the trustee can register an interest in the declaration of trust prior to resolution of the matter, whether by agreement, the court’s involvement, or otherwise?
Can a trust that was created over ten years ago, putting all assets out of the bankrupt’s estate, be challenged by the bankrupt’s trustee? If so, what are the possible causes of action? If the trust can be challenged, is there any way the trustee can register an interest in the declaration of trust prior to resolution of the matter, whether by agreement, the court’s involvement, or otherwise?
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Panels

  • Consulting Editorial Board
  • Contributing Author
  • Q&A Panel

Qualified Year

  • 2003

Membership

  • Association of Business Recovery Professionals

Education

  • University of Bristol (1999)
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