Katrina Mather
Katrina specialises in property work, covering commercial and residential landlord and tenant as well as real property, service charges and leasehold management. She also handles commercial and insolvency work. She has experience both of conducting matters on her own account and working as part of a team. She prides herself in being approachable and taking a client-focused attitude towards her cases.
Practice Areas
Panel
- Q&A Panel
Qualified Year
- 2014
Membership
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
- Commercial Bar Association
- London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
- Grays Inn
- Free Representation Unit
- Bar Pro Bono Unit
- Company Insolvency Pro Bono Scheme
Qualifications
- LLB, London School of Economics
- BPTC, Kaplan Law School
2 Contributions by Katrina Mather
PRACTICE NOTES
Avoiding Companies House strike off and dissolution in LPA/fixed charge receivership property sales: objections and practical steps under the Companies Act 2006 (as amended by ECCTA 2023)
This Practice Note reviews the striking off of a company from the register of companies and how to manage this where a fixed charge/LPA receivership sale involves a company-owned property at risk of strike-off and dissolution.
Part 31 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) sets out two routes for a company to be removed from the register and dissolved:
voluntarily, on application by the company, and
under the statutory powers of the Registrar of Companies (the Registrar)
This Practice Note focuses on the latter—removal by the Registrar.
Striking off by the Registrar of Companies
Company not in business or operation
The Registrar of Companies may commence the statutory process to remove a company where there is reasonable cause to believe it is not carrying on business or not in operation. This is commonly triggered where a company fails to make its annual statutory filings within a reasonable period after the relevant deadline, or where there are no directors in office. The striking off...
Restructuring & Insolvency
Q&As
Pre-planning restrictive covenant indemnity: cancelled on planning application or objection
What is pre-planning restrictive covenant insurance?
Restrictive covenant insurance safeguards people holding an interest in land that is burdened or encumbered by a restrictive covenant. It generally also covers losses including:
damages awarded against the insured
expenses to modify or demolish a building or other structures to comply with a covenant
abortive works costs
legal costs
This cover can be arranged before planning consent has been obtained for a development where the intended development site is burdened by restrictive covenants. That includes situations where planning permission has not yet been obtained.
When is it appropriate to take out a pre-planning restrictive covenant insurance policy?
Clearly, if a restrictive covenant looks likely to affect the proposed development, all efforts should be made to resolve matters at the earliest opportunity. Every effort should be made to iron out issues as early as possible...
Property
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