CIGA and Directors’ Duties Webinar

This session considers changes brought about by the provisions of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, including the impact on directors’ duties. As well as examining briefly the amendments to bring in:

the new moratorium provisions;
the cross class cram down procedures;
the limitations on ipso facto clauses; and
the prohibitions on the presentation of statutory demands and winding up petitions.

The webinar investigates in greater depth the “suspension” of the wrongful trading provisions, asking what practical difference the suspension will really make. It considers what impact the reforms might have on the duty to have regard to the interests of creditors, other potential sources of liability to directors in the context of insolvency and the potential impact on the directors’ disqualification regime.

This webinar is relevant to both dispute resolution solicitors and corporate and insolvency specialists who are looking for guidance on the effect of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020; one of the most significant changes to UK insolvency law in a generation. The session is of interest to solicitors specialising in a wide range of practice areas.

If you would like some further information about this session, or to arrange a date for this webinar then please contact our Business Development Manager Charlotte Davidson.

Related Barristers

Lance Ashworth KC

Call: 1987
Silk: 2006

Matthew Morrison KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular expertise in civil fraud, company and partnership disputes, and insolvency litigation.

Described by Chambers UK 2027 as an “outstanding barrister” who is “technically brilliant, fantastic with clients and someone whose cross-examination is exceptional”, Matthew regularly appears in the High Court and Court of Appeal and has acted in proceedings before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI), the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, the Isle of Man High Court of Justice and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. He also has significant experience assisting advocates before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey. He is generally admitted to the BVI Bar and is currently admitted ad hoc on a number of matters in the Cayman Islands.

Matthew is an established legal author. He has written widely read PLC practice notes on minority shareholder remedies and edits chapters on directors’ duties and disqualification, and insolvency, in Gore-Browne, Butterworths Corporate Law Service, Tolley’s Company Law Service and Tolley’s Company Law Handbook; and on unfair prejudice, misfeasance and disqualification in the Law of Limited Liability Partnerships (Whittaker and Machell (6th ed.), 2026).

Matthew Morrison KC

Call: 2004
Silk: 2025

David Drake

Call: 1994

Charlotte Beynon has a commercial chancery practice encompassing contentious trusts, civil fraud, insolvency and commercial litigation.

Her clients say, “Charlotte is brilliant. A superstar in the making”, and they also commend her as “pragmatic, responsive and commercial.”

She frequently handles complex, high-value cases, onshore and offshore, often with international elements. She is particularly experienced in acting in high-value offshore trusts disputes and complex fraud claims – often raising issues of private international law.

Charlotte regularly appears in the High Court and County Court both led and as sole counsel. She also appears as specialist chancery counsel in matrimonial proceedings in the Family Division. Her legal writing has been published in Trusts & Trustees.