Michael Ellis

Profile

Throughout his career, Michael has developed an extensive range of insolvency practices, including both corporate and personal insolvency.

  • Challenges to approved Voluntary Arrangement.

  • Injunction restraining presentation and advertisement of Winding Up Petition.

  • Validation Orders.

  • Applications to suspend automatic discharge from bankruptcy.

  • Examinations under s.236 & 366 of the Insolvency Act.

  • Annulment of bankruptcy Order.

  • Applications to set-aside transactions at an undervalue and to defraud creditors.

  • Incomes payment order ("IPO")

  • Rescinding of Winding up Order

In addition to his expertise in these areas, Michael has extensive experience in:

  • Acting on behalf of creditors in both winding up and bankruptcy enforcement of judgments to recover outstanding debts.

  • Restoration of dissolved companies under the Companies Act 2006.

  • Applications to set-aside judgment.

  • Debt recovery matters.

  • Bringing possession proceedings and also defending.

  • Recovery of rent & service charges.

Among Michael's reported insolvency cases are:

  • Holtham V Kelmanson [2006] EWHC 2588 (Ch) determination of the bankrupt’s civil rights

  • Nicholls V Lan [2006] EWHC 1255 (Ch) human Rights consideration in order for sale on behalf of the trustee in bankruptcy. 

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