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This subtopic contains a series of Practice Notes setting out—on an annual basis—the key restructuring and insolvency cases since 2012 (where we have published case analysis).

For a list of the key cases we have covered, see below:

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    2025: Key Restructuring & Insolvency cases

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Insolvency Service announces winding up of fraudulent kitchen companies in Manchester

The Insolvency Service has successfully petitioned the High Court in Manchester to wind up three linked kitchen design and fitting companies for fraudulent practices. Smart Choice Kitchens Limited, Empire Kitchens and Bathrooms Limited, and Connect Kitchens Limited were found to have taken upfront payments from over 20 customers (exceeding £50,000 collectively) without providing the promised products.

New Practice Note—Recognised professional bodies

The UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—‘Recognised professional bodies'. This Practice Note discusses recognised professional bodies, more particularly the process of applying for recognition, their regulatory objectives, their oversight, the revocation of their recognition and the future of insolvency regulation.

Insolvency Service reports seven-year ban for former Chinese takeaway manager for breaching immigration rules

The Insolvency Service announces the disqualification of Qiqing He, the former manager of a Chinese takeaway in Aberdeen, from acting as a company director for seven years. The ban follows the discovery of three illegal workers at the Chinese takeaway by immigration enforcement in September 2022. The company was fined £30,000 for the immigration breach, which remains unpaid.

New Practice Note—Insolvency practitioners and their qualification

The UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—‘Insolvency practitioners and their qualification'. This Practice Note considers the ability of persons to act as insolvency practitioners (IPs) in relation to a company, individual or insolvent partnership, the requisite qualification, the means of obtaining it and court sanction of IPs in public interest cases. It does not apply to anything done by the official receiver who is not required to be a qualified IP.

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