Thorntons Law LLP

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with James Lloyd of Harper Macleod LLP and Stephanie Carr of Thorntons Law LLP, looks at how the debtor’s family home is dealt with in a Scottish sequestration.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with James Lloyd of Harper Macleod LLP and Stephanie Carr of Thorntons Law LLP, looks at gratuitous alienations (or antecedent transactions) under Scottish law and the powers to scrutinise an insolvent individual’s (ie debtor’s) dealings with and disposals of its assets prior to insolvency. It considers what dealings can be challenged, who can challenge it and the effects of a challenge.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with James Lloyd of Harper Macleod LLP and Stephanie Carr of Blackadders LLP, looks at the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) available to individual debtors in Scotland. It considers the role of the Debt Arrangement Scheme administrator, payment distributors, who may apply for a debt payment programme (DPP) as well as the process, revocation, review and appeal.