Simon Passfield

Simon is a specialist insolvency barrister who undertakes litigation and advisory work in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency law. He has been consistently recognised as a leading junior in this field by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and has appeared in a number of reported insolvency cases.

In the last year, Simon has been involved in the leading cases concerning the effect of bankruptcy on pension rights (Horton v Henry [2015] 1 WLR 2488; Re X (Application for Income Payments Order) [2014] BPIR 1081), has acted for a trustee in bankruptcy in a variety of applications in a complex multi-million pound bankruptcy involving the concealment and disposal of assets by a serially non-cooperative bankrupt (Wood v Lowe [2015] EWHC 2634 (Ch)), has acted successfully for majority creditors in seeking to remove liquidators in a multi-million pound, multi-jurisdictional liquidation (Re Overfinch Bespoke Vehicles Limited), has acted successfully for a liquidator in a claim against a Premier League football club (Events Management Catering Ltd v Hull City Tigers Ltd), has obtained freezing injunctions against the former directors of a company in liquidation (Re Lim’s Fish and Chips Limited) and secured a suspended committal order against a misfeasant bankrupt (Re Hinchliffe).