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Christopher Brockman
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Chris practices in all areas of personal and commercial insolvency
His practice areas include asset recovery on behalf of insolvency office holders, opposing and obtaining administration orders; compulsory winding up; wrongful trading/breach of directors’ duties claims; 236 applications to examine directors and examination of directors; defending trustees against claims for negligence/breach of duty; Bankruptcy Restriction Orders. He acts for the Secretary of State on various applications, including Company Directors Disqualification proceedings and public interest petitions.
Over the last few years he has developed a particular speciality in interim applications, including freezing and proprietary orders and summary judgment applications.
In the recent past Chris had been involved in numerous high profile personal and corporate insolvency cases and is frequently instructed by HMRC in relation to complex applications including on provisional liquidations. He has also successfully defeated challenges to several, and obtained personal cost orders against the directors.
Chris is an accredited mediator helping to resolve insolvency related disputes.
He is also an expert in the inter-relation of criminal law and the civil insolvency regime.
Christopher is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association and he is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator. He has spoken at numerous courses and conferences. He is a contributor to Lexis Nexis PSL (insolvency module) and Gore-Browne on Companies as well as the author of numerous insolvency related articles.
Chris’s practice includes all aspects of company, LLP, partnership and individual insolvency. His experience ranges from applications to set aside statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, administration applications, through clawback proceedings (misfeasance, TUV, preferences, s.423 IA 1986), unlawful dividends and distributions, CVA/IVA voting appeals/revocation/unfair prejudice applications. He is a specialist in interim applications, in particular provisional liquidations and freezing orders.
Chris is Junior Counsel to the Crown Regional A Panel and appears for the Secretary of State/Official Receiver on disqualification applications.
In addition, he has acted for many directors in disqualification proceedings, and on s.17 CDDA permission applications for leave to act as a director.
Career
Called to the Bar 1985
Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers Association
R3
Chancery Bar Association
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Company and insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Christopher Brockman – Enterprise Chambers ‘Chris is an expert in hostile administration orders and provisional liquidator applications. He grasps difficult legal and factual issues well and provides clear and commercial advice to clients. His advocacy is well structured and delivered in a way judges can understand.’
Enterprise Chambers has established itself as a ‘go-to‘ company and insolvency set on the Western Circuit. Stephen Davies KC has extensive experience acting in high-profile insolvency cases throughout his career and is ‘simply brilliant with clients‘. Recently in Derby County FC Ltd v English Football League, he represented the joint administrators of the football club in relation to its restructuring, which involved the defeat of two claims for damages by other clubs alleging a conspiracy to injure on the part of the insolvent club. Christopher Brockman is ‘good on his feet and gets the measure of the court‘ – he is regularly instructed by HMRC, including in relation to applications for the appointment of provisional liquidators. Jeremy Bamford has an excellent reputation for handling disciplinary complaints and regulatory proceedings involving insolvency practitioners as well as director disqualification proceedings, while Claire Thompson has built a strong insolvency practice and in Re Gallagher recently acted for the trustee in bankruptcy in connection with an annulment application by the bankrupt pursuant to s.282(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986.