Determining Insolvency: A Critical Duty for Directors at Distressed … – JD Supra

Summary If a corporations directors fail to identify the pivotal point at which their company becomes legally insolvent, they can be held personally liable for breaching their fiduciary duties to the corporations creditors. The Upshot A corporations directors owe a fiduciary duty to its lenders from the moment the corporation qualifies as legally insolvent. Determining…

'Covid hangover' for Scottish firms as corporate insolvencies rise – Evening Standard

S cotlands businesses are still suffering from a Covid hangover with new figures showing the number of firms becoming insolvent has reached an 11-year high. Corporate insolvences rose to 1,132 in 2022-23, with this up by almost a third (32.6%) on the previous year, new figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy showed. The 2022-23 total is nearly…