Gatehouse Chambers

This Practice Note looks at the issues that practitioners should consider if a party to a personal injury claim has been made bankrupt or insolvent. With some limited exceptions, a personal injury claim cannot be made by or against a bankrupt or insolvent party without the agreement of the trustee in bankruptcy, the administrator or the court. Practical guidance is provided on what bankruptcy and insolvency involves and the potentially significant implications for a personal injury claim. It also provides tips on how to identify an insolvent party.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Katrina Mather of Gatehouse Chambers, considers the striking off of a company from the register of companies and how to deal with this in the context of a receivership sale of a property owned by a company that has been struck off and dissolved.

This Practice Note explains alternatives to residential care in circumstances where an adult is developing care and support needs covered by the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014). It focuses on the principles in CA 2014 which centre around facilitating independent living where possible and signposts alternative sources of accommodation.

This Practice Note discusses how the level of rent a tenant pays is calculated and determined for both public and private tenancies under assured, assured shorthold or Rent Act. The process for increasing rent, the appeals process and registering rent under a Rent Act tenancy, and issues of challenging an assured or assured shorthold rent are further discussed in this Practice Note.