Insolvency #Brew: Where Now For Hybrid Claims? (Video)

• Published date: 05 October 2021
• Subject Matter: Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-structuring, Insolvency/Bankruptcy
• Law Firm: Gatehouse Chambers
• Author: Alaric Watson, Phillip Patterson, Sri Carmichael and Michael Maris

The highly acclaimed Gatehouse Chambers Insolvency #Brew is back for a new season, heralding the start of the Michaelmas Term.

The jurisdictional points raised in Re Taunton Logs Ltd [2020] EWHC 3480 (Ch) and Manolete Partners Plc v Hayward and Barrett Holdings Ltd [2021] EWHC 1481 (Ch) have caused a stir, not only in relation to cases assigned by office-holders to funders such as Manolete, but also amongst IPs dealing with "hybrid" cases, involving Insolvency Act Applications and other allied (and often purely alternative) causes of action within the same claim.

Alaric Watson, Phillip Patterson and...