Insolvency Act 1986, Schedule 8, paragraph 12

Conduct of insolvency

SCHEDULE 8 Provisions Capable of Inclusion in Company Insolvency Rules

12 Provision as to the debts that may be proved in a winding up, as to the manner and conditions of proving a debt and as to the manner and expenses of establishing the value of any debt or security.

Cases considering Schedule 8, paragraph 12 3

Bouygues (UK) Ltd v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Ltd

[2000] EWCA Civ 507 · 31 July 2000

The court relied on Schedule 8 paragraph 12, with section 411(2), as supporting the statutory force of the insolvency rules governing provable debts.

Inland Revenue v Kahn & Anor

[2000] EWCA Civ 86 · 23 March 2000

Is identified as authorising rules concerning the debts that may be proved in a winding up. (see para [22])

John Doyle Construction Ltd v Erith Contractors Ltd (Rev 1)

[2020] EWHC 2451 (TCC) · 14 September 2020

The provision is cited as part of the statutory basis for rules concerning debts provable in a winding-up. The judgment uses it to explain the background to insolvency set-off rather than to decide a separate statutory issue (see para [38]).

What each judgment says about Schedule 8, paragraph 12 is in the case-law panel in the full Act.