Jack Mead

Group transfers, directors’ duties and creative claim strategies: lessons from Garden House Software v Marsh

In Garden House Software v Marsh and others [2026] EWHC 2184 (Ch), the High Court considered the consequences of an intra-group transfer of intellectual property by the directors of an insolvent subsidiary to a newly incorporated group company, for no meaningful consideration. This article looks at the findings and highlights points of interest for practitioners.