In re A Company (No CR-2024-BHM-000012)

Subject Matter

INSOLVENCY — Winding up — Petition — Petitioner submitting application for winding up petition in respect of company — Petitioner not paying official receiver’s deposit until six days later — Whether petition “presented” on delivery of documents to court — Whether “presentation” requiring compliance with all procedural requirements including payment of official receiver’s deposit — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 124 — Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/1024), r 7.7 — CPR PD 51O, para 6.1(3)

[2024] EWCA Civ 1436; [2024] WLR(D) 530, CA

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 124

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: In re A Company (No CR-2024-BHM-000012) [2024] EWCA Civ 1436; [2024] WLR(D) 530, CA

In re Blights Builders Ltd [2006] EWHC 3549 (Ch); [2007] Bus LR 629; [2007] 3 All ER 776; [2008] 1 BCLC 245; [2007] BCC 712, Ch D

In re Saint Benedict’s Land Trust Ltd [2019] EWHC 3370 (Ch); [2020] Bus LR 752; [2019] WLR(D) 689, Ch D