Irwin Mitchell has been instructed by a group of former Halliwells partners to fight claims that they are liable to repay drawings paid out in the months leading up to firm’s collapse.

The firm has been appointed by 14 former fixed-share partners at Halliwells to fight claims by Halliwells’ administrator BDO that they should repay some drawings paid out in the months running up to the firm’s collapse into insolvency on 20 July 2010.