Steven Wood

IPA

Steven is a licenced (non-appointment taking) insolvency practitioner with more than 25 years of experience within the insolvency profession in Scotland.

Steven is currently an insolvency monitoring inspector at the Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA). As a member of the monitoring team, he assists with the ongoing monitoring of insolvency practitioners for compliance with regulatory objectives, laws and AML regulation.

Prior to joining the IPA, Steven was a practice support specialist at ICAS where he provided advice, guidance and support to ICAS Insolvency Licence holders through specialist technical knowledge with the objective of influencing UK and Scottish insolvency policy, practice and legislation.

Prior to joining ICAS, Steven was an Associate Director within a specialist insolvency firm, with a specific focus on technical and compliance aspects. Prior to that he worked in the insolvency departments of two mid-size firms and spent six years at the Accountant in Bankruptcy’s office. He consequently has a broad mix of both public and private sector experience. Steven has dealt with a range of formal insolvency and other assignments across a wide range of sectors covering corporate and personal insolvency as well as restructuring.

Practice Area

Restructuring & Insolvency

Panel

Scottish Panel

Experience

ICAS (2019 - 2024)
Dunedin Advisory Limited (2016 - 2019)
Johnston Carmichael LLP (2006 - 2016)
Grant Thornton LLP (2004 - 2006)
Accountant in Bankruptcy (1997 - 2004)

Membership

ICAS affiliate member

Qualifications

JIEB (2017)
CPI (2007)

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PRACTICE NOTES

Scotland: COVID-19 temporary support measures—commencement and expiry timetable (insolvency, tax, leases and enforcement), 2021–2022 [ARCHIVED]

This Practice Note is archived and not maintained. The summary below sets out when particular support measures ended for Scotland (either as part of the UK or in its own capacity, as shown by scope). September 2021 30 September 2021 — Temporary limits on winding-up petitions and statutory demands lapse and are replaced by new provisions from 1 October 2021 (see below). See Practice Note: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020—temporary changes to corporate statutory demands and winding-up petitions [Archived], Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations, SI 2021/718, and Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Schedule 10) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/1091 (UK). 30 September 2021 — The allowance for more than one moratorium on diligence in any 12‑month period expires. See Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Scotland). 30 September 2021 — The eased eligibility criteria for companies seeking a moratorium end (Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/375) (UK). 30 September 2021 — Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends. See Practice Note: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (extended version 1 May to ...

Restructuring & Insolvency

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