This course was recorded on 13 October 2020. The recording is suitable for company directors, both executive and non-executive, and their advisors.
Booking Information
Once you have booked your course the link to the recording will be available in your "My account" area. Please be aware that you will have access to this course for 180 days from the date of purchase.
Course overview
- Comparison of liquidations versus receiverships
- Trends in corporate enforcement
- Liquidations - including civil actions against
directors, protective measures pre and post liquidation, specific
consideration for non-executive directors, criminal proceedings involving
directors, Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement and civil sanctions,
other types of insolvency proceedings involving directors as
witnesses.
Liquidation case study
Receivership - including injunctions against the
receiver, directors and promotors, attachment and committal, certain
liquidators' powers conferred on receivers, seeking court injunctions, setting
aside artificial structures, proceedings by the company outside of receivership.
Receivership case study
Professional negligence litigation during insolvency in
relation to auditors and other professional advisors
Key learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the types of litigation that arise in
insolvencies
- Awareness of the role and extent of involvement for
the different types of directors (executive and non-executive) in such
litigation
- Understanding the consequences, risks and exposures
for directors
- Knowing the steps that directors can take both before and after the insolvency to minimise their risk and exposures
Speaker bio
Myles is the managing partner of Kirby Healy Chartered Accountants which is a specialist insolvency and forensic accounting practice. He is a member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP) and has served on the law reform subcommittee of that group. Myles currently holds a practising certificate and an insolvency practising certificate from Chartered Accountants Ireland. Myles has taken over 250 appointments as Liquidator and Receiver/Manager.