Rule 12.38 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)

Rules 12.35-12.38 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/12.38/2021-09-30The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseINSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES;COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS2024-07-02Expert Participation2021-09-30These Rules set out the detailed procedures for the conduct of all company and personal insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986 and otherwise give effect to that Act. These Rules supersede the Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925 as amended). Those Rules are revoked along with 29 amending Rules. These Rules give effect to amendments made to the Insolvency Act by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2011 (c.24), the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26).PART 12COURT PROCEDURE AND PRACTICECHAPTER 6Transfer of proceedingsSub-division B : Block transfer of cases where insolvency practitioner has died etc.Action following application for a block transfer order12.38.(1)

The registrar or District Judge may in the first instance consider the application without a hearing and make such order as the registrar or District Judge thinks just.

(2)

In the first instance, the registrar or District Judge may do any of the following—

(a)

make an order directing the transfer to the High Court of those cases not already within its jurisdiction for the purpose only of the substantive application;

(b)

if the documents are considered to be in order and the matter is considered straightforward, make an order on the substantive application;

(c)

give any directions which are considered to be necessary including (if appropriate) directions for the joinder of any additional respondents or requiring the service of the application on any person or requiring additional evidence to be provided; or

(d)

if an order is not made on the substantive application, give directions for the further consideration of the substantive application by the registrar or District Judge or a judge of the Chancery Division.

(3)

The applicant must ensure that a sealed copy of every order transferring any case to the High Court and of every order which is made on a substantive application is filed with the court having jurisdiction over each case affected by such order.

(4)

In any case other than an application relating to the appointment of an administrator, in deciding to what extent (if any) the costs of making an application under this rule should be paid as an expense of the insolvency proceedings to which the application relates, the factors to which the court must have regard include—

(a)

the reasons for the making of the application;

(b)

the number of cases to which the application relates;

(c)

the value of assets comprised in those cases; and

(d)

the nature and extent of the costs involved.

(5)

Where an application relates to the appointment of an administrator and is made by a person under section 13 or paragraph 63, 91 or 95 of Schedule B1, the costs of making that application are to be paid as an expense of the administration to which the application relates unless the court directs otherwise.

(6)

Notice of any appointment made under this rule must be delivered—

(a)

to the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b)

to—

(i)

the creditors, and

(ii)

such other persons as the court may direct, in such manner as the court may direct.

(7)

Where the application was made to the District Judge under rule 12.37(10) this rule applies with appropriate modifications.

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