transaction at an undervalue
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An administrator or liquidator may apply to the court for an order avoiding any transactions made at a significant undervalue in the two years before the administration or liquidation if the company was then (or as a result of the transaction became) unable to pay its debts as they fell due (section 238, Insolvency Act 1986).
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