Case Studies

Case Study: Exit from administration via a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to facilitate a company restructure

Our Restructuring and Insolvency team advised that a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) provided an opportunity for this trading company to avoid being dissolved, allowing the possibility of it trading again in the future. It also provided a better outcome for the creditors involved.

Case Study: Armstrong Watson legal sector team support Cumbrian Law firm in sale to national house of brands consolidator

The Armstrong Watson team helped secure a deal with a firm that shared similar cultural values and support them to protect and grow their already thriving business.

Case Study: Legal sector team help secure disposal of niche family law firm

Armstrong Watson's Legal Sector team helped secure the acquisition of Sheffield-based Acclaimed Family Law by Sills & Betteridge Solicitors.

Case Study: Legal sector team help secure future of longstanding Cumbrian law firm

Background

Whitehaven-based Bleasdale & Co was established in 1920 and has a longstanding reputation in the local area. The firm’s directors Pam Thomas and Sarah De-Maine wanted to secure a deal with another firm that has similar cultural values to protect their future and strengthen the services on offer to their clients.

Case Study: Paragon v Waterloo

The Claimants were appointed as administrators of a company engaged in the production and supply of printed marketing materials. The company had supplied goods to the value of over £600,000 to the Defendant customer who, on the administration, had taken the opportunity to refuse payment alleging that the goods were defective and issued 11 separate counterclaims totalling £11 million. The Claimant engaged us to assist them to address the expert report and to examine and refute or otherwise quantify the actual level, if any, of any remaining counterclaims.

Case Study: Original Beauty Technology Company Limited and Others v G4K Fashions Limited and Others

The Claimants in this matter sell bandage and bodycon dresses and other garments under the brands House of CB and Mistress Rocks. At a liability trial held in February 2021, the Defendants, trading under the brand Oh Polly, were found to have infringed a number of unregistered design rights in certain garments.

Case Study: Regina v David Barton & Others - Care Home Financial Abuse

Armstrong Watson Forensic Team work with Merseyside Police to help bring care home owner David Barton to justice for fraud, theft and transferring criminal property.

Case Study: Administration sale saves business and 26 jobs

Background

Ebor Concretes came into a period of difficulty in 2021 and recognising it needed support before it was too late, its director turned to Armstrong Watson’s Restructuring and Insolvency team.

Partners Rob Adamson and Mike Kienlen were engaged to assist with an accelerated sale of the business through an administration on 17 November 2021.

Case Study: Cricket club screens summer of live sport thanks to IT investment

Penrith Cricket Club has upgraded its WiFI network so that customers can make the most of future big sporting events such as live international football tournaments and cricket fixtures, along with the Olympics, Rugby World Tours and other large scale competitions. The upgraded system allows the club to show different matches at the same time, meaning sports fans won’t miss a kick, pass or catch, while also delivering uninterrupted Wi-Fi access throughout the club’s Tynefield Park ground, including the beer garden.

Case Study: Holiday park owner receives almost £500,000 from HMRC thanks to unique VAT methodology

Cotterhill Limited operates eight Maguires Country Parks across Northumberland, County Durham and North Yorkshire, primarily offering holiday homes and residential homes across its impressive portfolio of sites. 

VAT Director Alex Nicholson made the clients aware of an opportunity to reclaim overpaid VAT thanks to a unique methodology he has devised for valuing the removable contents sold as parts of caravans and lodges.