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The Return of the Crown Preference – A blog by Menzies

CICM

The Enterprise Act 2002 came along, and we saw this abolished and replaced with the Prescribed Part – a pot of money ring fenced for the unsecured creditors. This was a redistribution of the wealth as it meant HMRC’s debt became ‘unsecured’ like everyone else, but they still got a return from floating charge assets.

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Cutting through the insolvency paperwork jargon – A guest blog by Menzies LLP

CICM

In this week’s guest blog, the Menzies LLP Creditor Services team highlight the areas you should be looking for on receipt of insolvency paperwork and, most importantly, whether there will be a dividend. The priority of payments in a company insolvency determines where creditors rank in terms of likely return. Unsecured creditors.

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Best practice tips for Legal Processes

CICM

However, if the Statutory Demand does not prompt payment and you proceed to insolvency, you may not recover your full debt if you are an unsecured creditor. The post Best practice tips for Legal Processes appeared first on Chartered Institute of Credit Management.

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How to Prevent Bad Debts in 2023. Tips from a Debt Collector

Debt Recoveries

As a result, it is significantly safer than an unsecured creditor in the case of insolvency. . Do you employ a credit management system? Put systems and procedures in place for debt collection and credit control. Have the right to retrieve the products if “perfected” the security but did not get paid.