Bankruptcy: A rare exception

Mark Pawlowski examines the case law on applications for sale of the family home after one year of bankruptcy What emerges is a model premised on the principle that the interests of creditors will invariably prevail over family concerns unless there are compelling reasons for refusing (or deferring) sale which are absent from the ordinary …
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Cases Referenced

  • Barca v Mears (Trustee of the Estate of Romano Barca) [2004] EWHC 2170 (Ch)
  • Brittain (the Trustee of the Property of the Bankrupt) v Haghighat & anor [2009] EWHC 90 (Ch)
  • Claughton v Charalambous [1999] 1 FLR 740
  • Donohoe v Ingram (Trustee in Bankruptcy of Ian Charles Kirkup) [2006] EWHC 282 (Ch)
  • Everitt v Budhram & anor [2009] EWHC 1219 (Ch)
  • Ford & anor v Alexander (Trustee of the Estate of the Appellants) [2012] EWHC 266 (Ch)
  • Foyle v Turner [2007] BPIR 43
  • Grant & anor v Baker [2016] EWHC 1782 (Ch)
  • Hosking v Michaelides [2004] All ER (D) 147
  • Judd v Brown [1998] 2 FLR 360
  • Martin-Sklan v White [2006] EWHC 3313 (Ch)
  • Nicholls v Lan [2006] EWHC 1255 (Ch)
  • Pickard & anor v Constable [2017] EWHC 2475 (Ch)
  • Re Citro [1991] Ch 142
  • Re Karia [2001] WL 1560733
  • Re Ravel (A Bankrupt) [1998] 2 FLR 718