Summer has been busy for R3's External Affairs team, with a full policy and public affairs agenda in the run up to the parliamentary recess, briefings for a Westminster Hall debate, updates on economic crime and a meeting with R3’s Policy Group to discuss IP regulations, the state of the economy and more…

Director of Commercial Litigation at Thursfields, R3 Council member and chair of the R3 Midlands committee, Stephen has developed a broad practice to offer practical assistance to a wide range of sectors — including energy, real estate, automotive, and financial services. 

In this blog, we look at the progress of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to date, the further reforms we would like to see and the consequences of the loopholes currently open to fraudsters not being closed.

At the beginning of July, R3 welcomed delegates to the annual Contentious Insolvency and Creditors Forum in London, and in this blog we summarise some of the key takeaways from the day…

In this blog, we drill down into 2022 data to understand the growing number of individuals entering a personal insolvency process and the trends in which solution they are choosing to enter…

In 2022, personal insolvency levels hit a three year high. In this blog, we break down personal insolvency data from the Insolvency Service and explore how age, location and gender affected the trends…

In this interview, we sit down with Louise Durkan, Partner at Deloitte’s Special Situations M&A business...

The appointment of a new R3 President, a round table on Special Situations, and ongoing policy and media work all kept R3's External Affairs team busy in May.

Cryptocurrencies have gained popularity in recent years, but what role do they play in insolvency and what regulatory issues do they currently face?

A consultation on cryptoassets, two roundtables, and a presentation at R3’s Southern Forum are just some of the things that have kept R3’s External Affairs team busy in the months of March and April…