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Drawing together a range of subjects and scenarios within the context of insolvency and debt management, this course will look at the current issues in the insolvency environment.
Understanding your options means that you are more likely to find solutions, and this course looks at these areas in greater detail and gives you an opportunity to compare and contrast your approach with your fellow professionals.
The course is designed to be participative and to equip you with knowledge you can apply in your day-to-day role. It will be fully up to date for all legislative changes effective from 1st January 2020.
Full programme
10:00 Introduction
Group introductions
Overview of the day
10:10 Current landscape: debt relief and debt management
A reminder of an individual’s options to manage their debt
A reminder of a creditor’s options to recover their debt
When and how is a creditor bound to a process and what does that mean?
11:15 Coffee
11:30 DAS
Recent changes to DAS
Costs of DAS – who pays?
Debt payment distributors in DAS
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Current issues in sequestration and protected trust deeds, including:
Contributions
Current issues surrounding contributions: assessing and collecting from Trustee perspective
Current issues surrounding contributions: creditor perspective
Appeals
Creditor rights to object to fees
Creditor rights to object to actions of the trustee
15:00 Tea
15:15 Complaints
How to make a complaint about a trustee
How to make a complaint about an IP
What happens next?
Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 2018 – recent changes for creditors
Opting out
Being treated as a small creditor
Method of delivery
Deemed delivery
16:00 Close
The Seminar leader is Eileen Maclean who is Director of Insolvency Support Services Limited. Eileen is a licensed insolvency practitioner with over 30 years’ experience of all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency. Eileen is recognised for her thought leadership in the profession, and for spotting any opportunity that change presents. She specialises in complex issues and dispute resolution, where she combines detailed knowledge of the law with a pragmatic approach to get proven results. She excels in compliance and training.
This professional meeting represents excellent value for money, with delegate fees starting at only £165 + VAT. Every third place from the same organisation booked in the same booking comes entirely free of charge, an improvement on the previous free places offer!