Powdrill v Watson [1995] 2 AC 394 is a UK insolvency law case concerning the administration procedure when a company is unable to repay its debts.

Roger Powdrill was a joint administrator of Paramount Airways Ltd, a short haul aircraft carrier.

This included John Talbot who was in charge of both Leyland DAF Ltd and Ferranti International plc.

In Talbot's case, he simply issued applications asking whether they had in fact adopted the contracts under the Insolvency Act 1986, section 44.

Evans-Lombe J in the High Court [1993] BCC 662 held the contracts were adopted.