Sheana Campbell
Sheana is experienced in dealing with commercial litigation in both the Sheriff Courts and Court of Session. Her particular interest is insolvency related litigation and she has been involved in reported decisions on insolvency cases.
Throughout her career Sheana has acted for both insolvency practitioners and individuals in dispute with insolvency practitioners in both commercial and personal insolvency cases, giving her an insight into the range of issues faced by either side in a dispute. Sheana also has significant experience in handling debt recovery cases and worked as a paralegal whilst studying for her law degree at Strathclyde University. Following a 13 year career as a solicitor, during which she reached director level at a boutique litigation practice, Sheana is now undertaking a period of training (known in Scotland as devilling) with a view to become an Advocate in Scotland in June 2022.
In addition to her debt recovery and commercial litigation experience, Sheana has experience in housing and property litigation and has acted for several social housing providers and private landlords.
Practice Area
Panel
- Scottish Panel
Qualified Year
- 2008
Membership
- R3—member of Scottish Technical Committee
Qualifications
- 2005 LLB
- 1998 MA (Hons)
Education
- 2005 University of Strathclyde
- 1998 University of Glasgow
1 Contributions by Sheana Campbell
PRACTICE NOTES
Scotland: Remuneration of insolvency office‑holders in corporate liquidation, administration, receivership and CVAs: basis, approval, accounting periods, reporting, pre‑appointment costs, appeals and court reporter practice
Introduction and background
The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (B(S)A 1985) took effect in 1986 and laid out, in detail, the processes for managing sequestration (Scottish bankruptcy). When the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986, SI 1986/1915, were issued shortly afterwards for corporate insolvency in Scotland, they drew upon the newly enacted B(S)A 1985 provisions and tailored them for liquidation, particularly for adjudication of claims, accounting periods, and approval of the liquidator’s remuneration. Accordingly, the 1986 liquidation rules directed readers to the relevant parts of B(S)A 1985, with instructions to read ‘liquidation’ for ‘sequestration’ and ‘liquidator’ for ‘trustee’. With the advent of the ‘new’ administration regime in 2003 under the Enterprise Act 2002, the administration rules covering adjudication of claims, accounting periods and approval of the administrator’s remuneration simply cross-referenced the liquidation rules, which themselves referred back to sequestration and B(S)A 1985. Thus, the approach to adjudication of claims and the approval of remuneration across sequestration, liquidation and administration was broadly consistent and founded on B(S)A 1985. The Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2010, SI 2010/688 began...
Restructuring & Insolvency
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