Insolvency: Proceed with caution

Rebecca Stone looks at the implications of bankruptcy both prior to and following a financial agreement or order ‘A property adjustment order may not be made once a spouse has been declared bankrupt because the court has no jurisdiction to make an order in relation to assets that have vested in the trustee.’ The ramifications …
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Cases Referenced

  • Albert v Albert [1997] 2 FLR 791
  • Arif v Anwar [2015] EWHC 124 (Fam)
  • Avis v Turner & anor [2007] EWCA Civ 748
  • Couvaras v Wolf [2002] 2 FLR 107
  • Haines v Hill & anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1284; [2008] WTLR 447 CA
  • Harman v Glencross [1986] 1 All ER 545
  • Hellyer v Hellyer [1996] 2 FLR 579
  • Horton v Henry [2014] EWHC 4209 (Ch); [2016] EWCA Civ 989
  • Paulin v Paulin & anor [2009] EWCA Civ 221
  • Re Holliday (a bankrupt) [1980] 3 All ER 385
  • Re Kumar (a bankrupt) [1993] 1 WLR 224
  • Sands (as trustee in Bankruptcy of Mr Tarlochan Singh) v Singh & ors [2016] EWHC 636 (Ch)
  • Segal v Pasram [2008] EWHC 3448 (Ch)
  • Turner v Avis & anor [2009] 1 FLR 74