In re Melodious Corpn

Subject Matter

INSOLVENCY — Administration — Appointment of administrators — Decision to appoint administrator by single director at inquorate meeting — Statutory provision that insolvency proceedings not invalidated by formal defect or irregularity — Whether provision saving administrator’s appointment — Whether company placed in administration — Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925), r 7.55

[2015] EWHC 621 (Ch); [2016] Bus LR 101; [2015] 2 All ER (Comm) 1139; [2015] 1 BCLC 518; [2015] WLR (D) 162, Ch D

INSOLVENCY — Liquidation — Conversion from administration — Administrator sending Registrar of Companies notice of conversion of administration to liquidation — Notice sent just prior to expiry of administrator’s term of office — Whether liquidation effective if notice received after expiry of term — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), Sch B1, para 83(6) (as inserted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c 40), s 248, Sch 16, para 1)

[2015] EWHC 621 (Ch); [2016] Bus LR 101; [2015] 2 All ER (Comm) 1139; [2015] 1 BCLC 518; [2015] WLR (D) 162, Ch D