# The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, Rule 14.45


(1) No action lies against the office-holder in an administration or winding up for payment of a dividend.
(2) However, if the office-holder refuses to pay a dividend the court may, if it thinks just, order the office-holder to pay it and also to pay, out of the office-holder's own money—
(a) interest on the dividend, at the rate for the time being specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 , from the time when it was withheld; and
(b) the costs of the proceedings in which the order to pay is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/14.45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-14.45
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