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Administrative Receivership meaning

/ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv/ /rɪˈsiːvəʃɪp/
What does Administrative Receivership mean?
Administrative receivership is the enforcement process by which a secured creditor holding a floating charge over the whole or substantially the whole of a company’s undertaking appoints an insolvency practitioner as administrative receiver to take control, trade and/or sell the business to repay the secured debt. The status and powers of an administrative receiver are set out in the Insolvency Act 1986; the term is used descriptively in practice. Appointment follows a default or other trigger under the debenture or security. The administrative receiver acts as agent of the company, owes primary duties to the appointing charge‑holder and has statutory reporting duties to other creditors. Typical objectives are realising assets and, where possible, a going‑concern sale. Since the Enterprise Act 2002, in England & Wales and Scotland the appointment of an administrative receiver is largely unavailable for floating charges created on or after 15 September 2003, save for limited statutory exceptions (for example, certain capital markets, project‑finance, PPP and utility undertakings). Northern Ireland has broadly corresponding restrictions. Older debentures may describe the security as a “qualifying” floating charge covering the whole or substantially the whole of the company’s property. In Ireland, receivership under the Companies Act 2014 remains available, but “administrative receivership”...
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CHECKLISTS
Block transfer orders for insolvency office-holders: applications, parties, evidence, court powers, notices and costs—checklist (England and Wales)

This Checklist should be read in conjunction with the Practice Note: Block transfer orders—the law and practice. Read this Checklist alongside the Practice Note: Block transfer orders—the law and practice. There are three principal scenarios that necessitate a block transfer of office-holder appointments: where an office-holder dies on the retirement of an office-holder from practice where an office-holder is otherwise unable or unwilling to continue in office. This may happen if an office-holder moves firms, or loses their licence to practise as a result of regulatory action The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (IR 2016), SI 2016/1024, rr 12.35–12.38, govern applications to the court for the block transfer of cases from one office-holder to another. The block transfer application process applies to the following types of appointment: compulsory liquidation (winding up by the court) voluntary liquidation (both members’ voluntary liquidations and creditors’ voluntary liquidations) administration bankruptcy voluntary arrangement (both company voluntary...

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PRACTICE NOTES
Using the Insolvency Services Account: obligations of official receivers and insolvency practitioners, EAS processes, investments/interest, local account authorisations, unclaimed dividends and fees in bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations

The official receiver (OR) is designated as trustee in bankruptcy (trustee) or as liquidator to manage and investigate every bankruptcy and court-ordered winding up, including those of partnerships. The Secretary of State or the creditors may, in place of the OR, appoint an insolvency practitioner (IP) to act as trustee for personal insolvencies or as liquidator for corporate cases. Under the Insolvency Regulations 1994, SI 1994/2507, as amended (the Regulations), the OR or IP, as appropriate, is obliged to pay into the (ISA) any funds they receive while administering all bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations. Before 1 October 2011, sums from voluntary liquidations could also be lodged in the ISA; now, only unclaimed dividends in a voluntary liquidation may be paid into the ISA. Likewise, unclaimed dividends arising in an administration or an administrative receivership may be paid into the ISA once the company has been dissolved. The Regulations also permit payments out of the ISA for disbursements, expenses and distributions to creditors and, in a liquidation, to contributories, or, in...

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Waterfall of payments: comparative priorities in liquidation, administration, administrative receivership, CVAs, Part 26A restructuring plans and bankruptcy, including moratorium and priority pre-moratorium debts

Liquidation Following enforcement of security by fixed charge creditors for their own benefit, the order of distributions in a winding up is: if liquidation commences within 12 weeks of a moratorium, any unpaid moratorium debts and ‘priority pre‑moratorium debts’ to which no payment holiday applied during the moratorium expenses properly incurred in the winding up (including the liquidator’s remuneration) ordinary preferential debts secondary preferential debts the prescribed part for unsecured creditors (where not disapplied) debts secured by floating charges unsecured debts statutory interest postponed debts (i.e. non‑provable liabilities) return of any surplus to members (subject to adjustment between members) For further details, see Practice Note: Waterfall of payments in liquidation...

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Receivers’ agency on mortgagor insolvency: effects on status, personal liability, mortgagee risk and HM Land Registry practice for fixed charge, LPA and administrative receivers (England and Wales)

A receiver commonly operates as the mortgagor's agent in collecting income and in disposing of the assets in respect of which that receiver has been appointed. This Practice Note considers the effect of bankruptcy or liquidation on the position of the receiver as agent of the mortgagor, and the consequences of a receiver losing that agency in that capacity in practice. The receiver's status is important because it affects: the potential liability of both the receiver and the appointing mortgagee for acts carried out by the receiver, and for omissions by the receiver to do those acts how any documentation is structured, ie whether the receiver enters into an agreement as principal, or as the mortgagor's agent Where the receiver cannot act as the mortgagor's agent, they will either act as principal or, less preferably from the mortgagee's point of view, as the mortgagee's agent, in such circumstances as applicable. For an explanation of the different types of receivers, see...

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PRECEDENTS
Precedent party designation and execution clauses for Scottish property documents (individuals, companies incl. insolvency, LLPs, LPs, partnerships), with signing and witnessing options

1 Individual 1.1 Individual or sole trader party designation clause [ insert full name of party ], trading as [ insert trading name ], of [ insert address ] (the [ insert defined term for party ]). 1.2 Individual signing Executed by [ insert individual’s name ] at [ insert place ] on [ insert date and month ] 20[ year ] ................................................. Signature of [ insert individual’s name ] witnessed by: ................................................. Full Name (Witness) ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. Address ................................................. Signature of Witness 1.3 Individual signing by Power of Attorney Executed for [ insert individual’s name ] by [ insert Attorney’s name ] [ his OR her ] attorney under Power of Attorney dated [ insert date of Power of Attorney ] at [ insert place ] on [ insert date and month ] 20[ year ] ................................................. Signature of [ insert Attorney’s name ] witnessed by: ................................................. Full Name (Witness) ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. Address ....................................................

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Administrative receivership commercial property sale contract (England and Wales): freehold/leasehold; Standard Commercial Property Conditions; occupational leases; no title guarantee; VAT/TOGC; TUPE; environmental liability; overseas entities

date [ date ] Parties [ name of Seller ], in administrative receivership [ and also in liquidation ], incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]), whose registered office is at [ address ] (Seller), acting through [ any one of ] its [ joint ] administrative receiver[s], [ name of (first) receiver ] (Insolvency Practitioner) [ of [ address ] OR [ and [ name of joint administrator ] (Insolvency Practitioner) [ both ] of [ address ] ] ] (Receiver[s]) [ name of Buyer ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) whose registered office is at ] [ address ] [ and whose address for service in England and Wales is [ address ] ] (Buyer) 1 Definitions For this Agreement, the terms below shall mean: Actual Completion Date — the day when the Transfer is in fact completed; Buyer’s Solicitors —...

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