Areas Of Practice
All aspects of Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Personal Insolvency, Company Law, Professional Negligence and Banking.
Cases Of Interest
Paul Greenwood has been involved in a number of high profile cases.
Amongst his reported cases are the following:-
OBG and Another v. Allan and Others [2005] QB 762, a decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the alleged liability of invalidly appointed administrative receivers in economic tort and conversion (the House of Lords heard the appeal in November, 2006 and their ruling is awaited);
Weston v Dayman [2006] EWCA 1165, a decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the discharge and release of a Receiver appointed under the Criminal Justice Act 1998;
In the Matter of INS Realisation Ltd [2006] 2 BCLC 239, (Hart J.) the leading authority concerning the operation of section 8A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;
Thomson v Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd & Others [2005] EWCA 555, a decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the alleged liability of an auctioneer for advice given to a “special client”;
IRC v. The Wimbledon Football Club and Others [2005] 1 BCLC 66, a decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the preferential treatment of “football creditors” in a voluntary arrangement;
Giles v Rhind [2003] Ch 618, a decision of the Court of Appeal regarding the scope of the decision in Johnson v Gore-Wood, and the personal rights of shareholders;
Re New Millennium Experience Co Limited [2003] EWHC 1823 (Ch) (Lawrence Collins J.) regarding the liquidation of NMEC, which operated the Millennium Dome in Greenwich;
T Mobile (UK) v. Bluebottle Investments SA and Others [2003] EWHC 379, the trial of a shareholder dispute concerning Virgin Mobile Telecomms Limited (the decision was appealed but the dispute settled after the hearing in the Court of Appeal but before it gave Judgment);
Re RBG Resources plc [2002] EWCA Civ 1624, a decision of the Court of Appeal regarding the operation of section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
Jarvis plc v Price Waterhouse Coopers [2001] BCC 670 (Lightman J.) regarding the operation of section 394 of the Companies Act 1985;
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Aurum Marketing Limited and Michael Richards (Court of Appeal) Times Law Reports 10th August, 2000, regarding the personal liability of company directors for the costs of proceedings (a public interest winding-up petition) to which the company alone was party;
Re Nolton Business Centres [1996] BCC 500, regarding expenses in liquidation;
Holmes v Official Receiver [1996] BPIR 279, regarding public examinations under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Publications
Butterworths Practical Insolvency - Chapters in relation to meetings of creditors under the Insolvency Act 1986 and the operation of section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986
Atkins Court Forms Volumes 9 and 10, Companies and Corporate Insolvency (Butterworths);
Butterworths’ Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 11: Companies.
Appointments
July 1999-July 2005, Junior Counsel to the Crown (B panel)
Professional
Member of the Commercial Bar Association, the Chancery Bar Association and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.
Notes
Since 2005 Paul has been included in the Chambers & Partners Guide to the UK Legal Profession as a Leading Junior in both Insolvency/Corporate Recovery and Chancery (Commercial), and variously described as being “possessed of a remarkable mental acuity”, “polished and unflappable”, “skilful and easy to work with”, “capable of great creativity” but with a “combative style”.