Re Hidden Bar (Liverpool) Limited, a liquidators’ claim for breach of directors’ duties (including in relation to the failure to register for VAT), transactions at undervalue, and preferences
Re Jolly Sailor Private Limited [2022] EWHC 897 (Ch), an appeal before Zacaroli J concerning the conclusiveness of company accounts in the context of winding-up petitions
Re Bronia Buchanan Associates Limited [2021] EWHC 2740 (Ch), a claim against a former director was made out, with conduct justifying a prior freezing injunction and later interim receiver order
Re Virgin Active Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 814 (Ch); [2021] EWHC 911 (Ch), a leading case on the applicability of cross-class cram down in Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (led by Simon Passfield)
Frost v Scott-Hake [2020] EWHC 3677 (Ch), a seminal case on the principles and procedures for making calls on former partners under the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994
Official Receiver v Maguire, a dispute arising over ownership of property subject to restraint orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Re Helim Miah, a claim for possession and sale made in respect of property subject to a restraint order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
ABN AMRO Bank NV v Sheibani, an application to set aside a statutory demand on the basis of foreign jurisdiction and governing law clauses
HMRC v Lewis, an application to set aside a statutory demand presented by HMRC on the basis of an agreement and consideration given by a third party
Healys LLP v Partridge, an application by former clients of the firm to set aside a statutory demand against the background of a cross-claim previously intimated in costs proceedings
Samuel also regularly appears for and advises clients in winding-up petitions, bankruptcy petitions, administration applications, and in claims for breaches of directors’ duties.
