Our corporate insolvency law #LAW373 2026 insolvencies slide of the week has been updated post Easter as we continue into week nine of teaching. This update contains some well known brands...

We've known for a long time in Higher Education that Francis Bacon may have been exaggerating when he said that knowledge is power.

Lancashire Fair, Good Friday, Daisy Nook, 1946, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Government Art Collection).

Hardcopies of #directorsandcreditors law and liability have arrived - available in all good bookshops from the end of March - 27 chapters from academics, practitioners, and judges, plus a foreword from Lady Arden - @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

Cripes! That is amazing! Worthy of a poem! :-)

Agreed! These beauties from TribeHQ - gorgeous and give the daffs a run for their money!

Liverpool BPC - 'Fixed Costs in Practice: Winning Under the New Rules’ with Amie Boothman and Scott Cowley

The next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event is on the 31st March 2026 - sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

Hardcopies of #directorsandcreditors law and liability have arrived - available in all good bookshops from the end of March - 27 chapters from academics, practitioners, and judges, plus a foreword from Lady Arden - @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social

Fantastic couple of days at All Souls discussing bankruptcy and its development over six centuries - transpires the north quad (pictured) was funded by a bankrupt #dukeofwharton

Liverpool BPC - 'Fixed Costs in Practice: Winning Under the New Rules’ with Amie Boothman and Scott Cowley

The next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event is on the 31st March 2026 - sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

John Aubrey, English antiquary, born #OTD 1626, investigated Neolithic Avebury henge in Wiltshire in 1649; author of candid Brief Lives (Elizabeth I forgave Earl of Oxford, “My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.”)
Aubrey’s papers are deposited at Bodleian Library Oxford Quatercentenary
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Surrey couple tried claiming neighbour's land with garden gnome A Westcott couple claimed a small patch of grass outside their neighbour's home belonged to them.

#LAW242 #landlaw “…heard by a First-tier Tribunal, that ruled the couple had only clearly taken possession of the land from about 2018, falling short of the 10 years required for an adverse possession ruling.” Couple tried claiming neighbour's land with gnome www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From a £1bn dream to a brutal collapse: How Brewdog hit the rocks The rise and fall of the garage start-up which set out to revolutionise the brewing industry.

#LAW373 #insolvency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mr Justice Leech, VC, joins Liverpool BPC We are delighted to confirm The Chancellor of the High Court will also be in attendance and speaking.

Don’t delay sign up today - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mr-justice...

Date for the diary! Link to follow soon - Mr Justice Leech and Lord Justice Birss visit the Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum in April 2026 -

Covid inquiry chair defends cost and length of process on final day Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.

£200m is indeed a chunk, but compared with fraud/default levels (over £12bn for BBLS alone) the Hallett Report will be a good investment to help avoid support misuse in a future pandemic - “Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And knowledge of company law mechanisms to attempt to protect that investment. Be interesting to see how this plays out with these “consumer” shareholders.

And if you really do think the company was badly run why not raise that as S/H at the time when it might have been useful. Or now more importantly pursue directors for any breaches? /2

My husband would have turned in his grave over Brewdog investment Early investors in Brewdog are sharing their stories after the company's collapse wiped out their stakes.

Article summary — I wanted to benefit from capitalism and get profit until my shares actually lost value and I now rank lower than unsecured creditors. Response- Perhaps use shareholding to influence how company was run before collapse? /1

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Brewdog: Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as beer firm sold in £33m deal Beverage and cannabis company Tilray acquires the Aberdeenshire brewery, the brand and 11 bars for £33m.

#LAW373 #corporateinsolvency - “Administrators said the sale had preserved 733 jobs - but that 484 jobs had been lost and 38 bars had closed after they were not included in the rescue deal.” Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33m deal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've not looked into it, but is there a misselling to consumers issue? They were promoting the sale of shares on the beer boxes.

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Francis Bacon at Gray's Inn YouTube video by Joshua Rozenberg

Some interesting Francis Bacon history from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social and the staff at Grays Inn - youtu.be/mL2eWInWsPk?...

#LAW373 #insolvency

Each week in the #LAW373 Corporate Insolvency Law module we discuss a sample of the latest corporate insolvencies, their drivers/causes, procedure type, and any other novel issues. Here is the slide as we go into week 6...

In our drivers of insolvency discussions in seminars we do not normally have this sort of thing!

A great January evening in London building @livunislsj.bsky.social alumni links - alumni.liv.ac.uk/news/stories... - our next event will take place in Liverpool in the summer - details to follow! Do pop along!

Thought for the Day - Rabbi Charley Baginsky - BBC Sounds 06 FEB 26

Great to hear @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social graduate Dame Rose Heilbron mentioned #BBCRadio4Today Thought for the Day as "one of the great figures of British legal history" Recording and script here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@livunialumni.bsky.social

Kindertransport - Personal Memories Sir Guenter Heinz Treitel, QC, FBA, is a German-born English academic and retired Vinerian Professor of English Law

Guenter Treitel on his experience on the kindertransport.

www.oxfordchabad.org/multimedia/m...

Treitel was, in my view, the most important English contract lawyer of the last 100 years.

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Publication day! For those interested in bankruptcy and feminism, and other cool subjects, check out this new collection - out today! @livunihss.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social