In England this work spans commercial debt recovery, formal insolvency and restructuring for companies and individuals, and corporate tax and VAT compliance and disputes. Solicitors draft statutory demands, winding‑up and bankruptcy petitions, administration and company voluntary arrangement documentation, charge and security agreements, and tax disclosures; they negotiate with HM Revenue & Customs, creditors and insolvency practitioners, obtain charging orders and enforcement, and appear in the county court, High Court and tax tribunals. Cases are shaped by the Insolvency Act 1986, Companies Act 2006 and tax enquiry and appeal procedures.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
The work engages specific statutory and procedural regimes: Insolvency Act 1986 processes (administration, liquidation, bankruptcy and CVAs), Companies Act 2006 filings, HM Revenue & Customs enquiries and appeals to the First‑tier and Upper Tribunal (Tax Chamber), and enforcement routes such as charging orders and third‑party debt orders. A solicitor prepares pleadings and petitions, lodges charges at Companies House, instructs insolvency practitioners, and conducts tribunal and court representations under these rules.