Ed Starling
Ed Starling is a Partner and Head of Wedlake Bell's Disputes Practice. He conducts a variety of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, and wider business critical litigation. He acts on behalf of lenders, liquidators, administrators, LPA receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, companies, purchasers of distressed assets, creditors and other stakeholders, shareholders, members of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and directors.
Ed specialises in bringing and defending claims brought by office holders including transactions at an under value, voidable preferences, wrongful and fraudulent trading, knowing receipt and dishonest assistance, and breach of duty (including allegations of fraud and international asset tracing) as well as acting for creditors in appointing, or applying to court for the appointment of, administrators and liquidators. He also has significant experience in civil fraud, dishonesty and misrepresentation proceedings and investigations, including the use of freezing and other targeted injunctions.
Business critical litigation includes shareholder disputes, minority shareholder petitions, guarantee claims, professional negligence claims (valuers, solicitors, accountants, tax advisers), earnout / deferred consideration and warranty disputes, and contract/tortious disputes.
Ed also acts as an independent Supervising Solicitor overseeing search (and seizure) orders obtained in civil proceedings.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2003
Membership
- Association of Business Recoveries Professionals (R3)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Public examination in personal bankruptcy: OR applications, creditor compulsion, scope, participation, sanctions and alternatives (England and Wales)
Under section 15 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 (which preceded the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986)), a public examination was mandatory whenever a debtor was adjudged bankrupt. The IA 1986 provisions remove the obligation to hold a public examination in each and every case, but permit the official receiver (OR) to apply to the court for the bankrupt’s public examination before the bankrupt is fully discharged. This route is commonly taken where the bankrupt has not co-operate d with the OR, for instance by failing to fulfil his/her duty to supply the OR with an inventory of their estate or any other information the OR reasonably requires, or by failing to attend on the OR. Although a public examination is not intended as a fishing exercise, it does enable the gathering of material that will aid the OR and/or any trustee in bankruptcy (trustee) later appointed with their enquiries. An application for a public examination must be brought by the OR, though it is very frequently made at the instigation of the bankrupt’s trustee...
Restructuring & Insolvency
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