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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
- Receivables Financing
- Remuneration in bankruptcies
- A refresher on GDPR for insolvency practitioners
- A refresher on administrations
- A refresher on GDPR
- MVLs and indemnities to shareholders
- Fixed charge receiverships
- Mortgages, charges and debentures
- Working with Leisure Businesses - Advice for Insolvency Practitioners
- IPs - Understanding Rent Arbitrations
- Bounce Back Loans
2021 Briefings
- Committees & working with them
- Pre-appointment liquidation sales: An alternative to administration pre-packs?
- Zombie Litigation - 'Surviving undead' claims
- 'FAQ 10' and Bounce back loans
- Remuneration in administrations
- R3 Standard Form CVA Standard Conditions
- Advising music festivals
- s110 reconstructions and MVLs
- How to tame your Phoenix
- Cathedrals and Charities
- Misfeasance and wrongful trading
- Light Touch Administration Protocols
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
