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Charlton v Funding Circle Trustees

[2019] EWHC 2701 (Ch); [2020] BPIR 125
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
Year2020
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A debtor does not 'carry on business' in England and Wales for the purposes of bankruptcy jurisdiction under s.265 Insolvency Act 1986 merely by acting as a director seeking investors or buyers to rescue a company, even where one possible outcome would be a sale of his own shares.

Area of Law

General

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