Insolvency Coffee Break Briefings

Frettens' own Insolvency Guru Malcolm Niekirk hosts free monthly 'Coffee Break Briefings' for insolvency professionals.

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Malcolm is a well known and highly regarded Insolvency Specialist, with three decades of experience within his field. He is considered as one of the leading insolvency practitioners on the South Coast.

What are Coffee Break Briefings?

In his Coffee Break Briefings, Malcolm looks at relevant Insolvency topics and discusses them in a 30 minute presentation; providing his own take on insolvency processes and legislation. These briefings are free of charge and regularly attended by over a hundred insolvency professionals. They are not to be missed if you want to stay in the know (and keep on top of your CPD).

These events have been running on GoToMeetings since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Previous and Upcoming Coffee Break Briefings

To be notified of upcoming Coffee Break Briefings please register for our newsletter and select Insolvency.

Please visit our events page for details of Malcolm's next Coffee Break Briefing.

If you have missed a briefing and would like to view the recording and/or the presentation slides we have the links to them below:

2024 Briefings

October: Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010
September: Debtors with high rise buildings: your legal responsibilities as practitioner
August - 'Atlantic Computers' - Recording
July: Contract Law & Pinnel's Case - Recording
June: Conference
May: Companies House Reforms & How to Prepare for them - Recording
April: Legal Myths & Old Laws
March: How to deal with solvent liquidations with no tax clearance - Recording
February: Transactions Defrauding Creditors
January: Fixed vs Floating Charges

2023 Briefings

December: Centerbinding - Liquidators with limited powers - Recording
November: Berkeley Applegate Orders - Advice for Practitioners dealing with third-party funds
October: The Government's Proposals for the future of Insolvency Regulation
September: Is the Insolvency Act fit for purpose?
August: Post appointment supplies and Sections 233-233B of the Insolvency Act
July: Agreeing Creditors Claims: Part 2
June: Conference (recap in September's briefing)
May: Agreeing Creditors Claims: Part 1
April: Tenants in Liquidation
March: GDPR - SARs and Business Sales
February: It's not fraud
January: Dealing with Retention of Title claims

2022 Briefings

2021 Briefings

2020 Briefings

Finance Act 2020 - Schedule 13 (s100): Presentation recording and slides
The return of Crown Preference: Presentation recording, slides and article on remuneration in administrations.
Tax on MVLs and other Insolvency Procedures with guest speaker Philip Ridgway: Presentation recording and slides

When are Coffee Break Briefings?

Malcolm holds briefings monthly.

How long is a Coffee Break Briefing?

Coffee Break Brieifings are generally 30 minutes long and are filled with intruiging insight from Frettens' own Insolvency Guru Malcolm Niekirk.

How do I sign up to a Coffee Break Briefing?

Check our events page to see if there are any upcoming briefings.

You can use this link to be informed of upcoming briefings by email.

If you've missed an event, use the links provided above in the 'previous and upcoming briefings' section to watch recordings and view slides.