Commercial update - Rebecca Farrell: Substituted service of bankruptcy petitions
14th March 2019
The High Court has ruled that permission to serve a bankruptcy petition by a substituted means cannot be given retrospectively. Rebecca Farrell analyses the decision Ardawa v. Uppal and Jordan [2019] EWHC 456 (Ch) and considers how it changes the law.
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Rebecca is a Commercial Law barrister with a significant Company Law and Insolvency practice. View her profile here.
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