Release from appointment irrelevant if appointment invalid

11 JANUARY 2021

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The Judge reviewed the various arguments raised through the applications, which centred on the circumstances surrounding the orders made releasing the administrators. These terms had different timings than those originally proposed by the administrators and there was a timing mismatch with filing of the final report to creditors.

Ultimately, the Judge was not being asked to determine the Applicants’ claim on the validity of the administration appointments and held that the applications were otiose.

This was on the basis that the claims set out in the draft particulars of claim were limited to the ground that the administrators were invalidly appointed and therefore, if that claim succeeds, they were never validly appointed and the provisions of the insolvency legislation would not apply in any event.

If it fails then the draft particulars did not include an alternative claim that the administrators had not been released, which presumably will be rectified by an application to amend, if required.

In the matter of Glint Pay [2020] EWHC 3078 (Ch)

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