Practitioners advising directors on insolvent trading liability should note that informal overdraft facilities repayable on demand, non-binding letters of intent for funding, and prospects of future business profitability will not assist in establishing solvency or a defence under s 588H(2); and that creditors need only prove non-payment of invoices (not payment of underlying liabilities) to establish loss or damage under s 588M.
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