Course Details

Insolvent Liquidations are up 53% in the first six months of 2023 over the same period in 2022. This upward trend is expected to increase as pressures from inflation and the impacts of warehousing continue to impact the SME sector.


More and more practicing accountants will be called upon to advise their clients on their obligations when a company is in financial difficulty and the options available to them


In this session Tom Murray covers the following topics:

  • When a creditors voluntary liquidation is necessary
  • Implications for Directors
  • The process for organising a meeting
  • The role of the liquidator including reporting requirements
  • Recovering from an insolvent company

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CPD Course Speaker

Friel Stafford

Tom Murray

Tom qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) in 1997 whilst working with Chase Manhattan Bank. Tom has over 20 years experience in accounting and business roles.

He is one of Ireland’s most experienced corporate recovery and turnaround practitioners and was one of the first Personal Insolvency Practitioners licensed in Ireland.

He also is an experienced Corporate Financier with particular interest and expertise in the area of equity and debt fund raising, and the buying and selling of businesses.

He is heavily involved with the ACCA accountancy body and is a past President of ACCA Ireland. He represented ACCA Ireland at the ACCA International Assembly in 2011. He was nominated in January 2021 by ACCA to represent it on the the CCABI insolvency Committee.

He is authorised to act as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner by the Insolvency Service of Ireland.