by Paul Brindley | Apr 7, 2026 | Advice to Directors
If you run a company long enough, you’ll hit pressure points. Cash tightens, creditors start calling, and decisions that once felt routine suddenly carry weight. One of the most misunderstood areas I deal with is wrongful trading. Directors occasionally panic too...
by Paul Brindley | Jun 16, 2024 | Upsettable Transactions
As the Euros kick off and football fever sweeps the continent, there’s a game-changing new rule in play, called ‘BHS’. The latest directive from the governing body, that only the captain can approach the referee, has transformed the playing field....
by Paul Brindley | Apr 7, 2024 | Upsettable Transactions
In appreciating the unique complexity of legal concepts, one need not look further than the world of football and the infamous ‘offside’ rule it hosts. Surprisingly, there is much in common between the intricacies of the offside rule and the...
by Paul Brindley | Mar 31, 2020 | Advice to Directors, Coronavirus, CVLs, Upsettable Transactions
We are in very difficult times, where I suspect many companies are insolvent on a cash flow basis, unable to pay their suppliers on time. Although the government are intending to bring in a law to relax the rules over wrongful trading, the detail hasn’t been seen so...
by Paul Brindley | Aug 23, 2019 | Administration, Advice to Directors, CVLs, Ethics & Regulation, Upsettable Transactions
Directors often come to me troubled, worried about their position as a director of a company that’s at risk of failing, perturbed by all the scare stories about personal liability and other penalties, their minds racing. Yet it’s not a crime to be involved with a...
