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Please find below the latest blogs from our Lender Services team.

Company Insolvency - What are my Responsibilities as Director?

JCP Solicitors
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The Insolvency Service has recently published its monthly statistics for recorded insolvencies of registered companies in England and Wales. Insolvency rates for registered companies in July 2022 were 67% higher than in July 2021. The statistics also show a...

Coronavirus and the Impact on Possession Proceedings and Forfeiture Proceedings

Sophie Thomas
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The Coronavirus has had a major impact on civil court proceedings, whilst some urgent hearings are taking place most are delayed for the time being.  It is not just hearings which are delayed but there has been a suspension of new possession proceedings...

A Solicitor's Duties and a Client's Rights

JCP Solicitors
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Recent Court of Appeal decisions have shed some light upon two issues of interest in relation to professional negligence claims against solicitors - a solicitor’s duty to warn, and the rights of a fraudulent claimant. A Solicitor’s Duty to Warn...

Directorship Success for City Solicitors

JCP Solicitors
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Leading South and West Wales law firm, JCP Solicitors, has appointed two new Directors from within its ranks. Head of Commercial Lending Recoveries, Sophie Thomas, and Head of HR Services, Clare Bowen,  have been appointed Directors at JCP Solicitors...

The Bowerman Duty: Definitely Alive and Well

JCP Solicitors
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The Court of Appeal decision in Goldsmith Williams v E.Surv  – handed down on 11th November 2015 – is likely to be of particular interest to lenders, and to solicitors acting for lenders. Although the appeal related to a judgement in...