The WLR Daily case summaries
[2018] WLR(D) 386
Chancery Division
In re Berkshire Homes (Northern) Ltd
Newbury Venture Capital Ltd v Berkshire Homes (Northern) Ltd
[2018] EWHC 938 (Ch)
2018 Feb 12; 14
Judge Hodge QC sitting as a High Court judge
Insolvency— Administration order— Disputed debt— Applicant seeking administration order against company on basis of disputed debt— Whether company having standing to bring application as one of company’s creditors— Whether court having jurisdiction to grant order before deciding disputed debt— Correct approach where disputed debt also relied on as evidence of company’s insolvency—
Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45) (as amended by Enterprise Act 2002 (c 40), s 248(2), 279, Sch 16), paras 11, 12