Full coverage: administration

A defence filed in the British courts by builder Mark Henry gives an insight into a “business arrangement” with his mother, payments to his wife for “safety and mental health training” and why his company paid his parents' tax bills.

Covid-19 was described in court as a “game-changer” for the insolvent Irish arm of retail fashion chain Monsoon Accessorize but it is heavily tied to the wider UK group, now in administration, which was in a critical condition when the pandemic struck.