Due diligence still a must despite Australian bankruptcy rate hitting 23-year low – Australasian Lawyer

Despite the Australian bankruptcy rate hitting a 23-year low, individuals and businesses must still be thorough and ensure that they know who they are doing business with. The legal technology provider and Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) broker was reacting to data released by AFSA, which revealed that bankruptcies declined 6% on the year to…

4,800 borrowers in arrears aided by Abhaile duty solicitor – Law Society of Ireland Gazette

Abhaile provides vouchers for free financial and legal advice available through the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS). A total of 11,695 individual borrowers, or over 10,000 households, in mortgage arrears have received independent expert Abhaile financial advice and negotiation support. Court mentor And a court mentor has helped 7,100 borrowers facing repossession proceedings, under…

Uttam Value Steels Ltd. – Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP)-Outcome of meeting of Committee of Creditors – The Hindu BusinessLine

This is in reference to the captioned subject. Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), 2015, we would like to bring to your notice that the 6th meeting of the Committee of Creditors (CoC) of Uttam Value Steels Limited (the Company) was held on January 22, 2019 to discuss the…

NCLT Directs Police Assistance To Resolution Professional After Corporate Debtor Hinders CIRP – Live Law

In a rather uncommon development in IBC driven resolution process, the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal has directed the Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad to provide police assistance to a Resolution Professional who complained about ex-director of the corporate debtor abusing her and creating hindrance in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. A bench of Member…

Personal insolvencies reach seven-year high – Your Money – Your Money

29/01/2019 The number of people declared insolvent reached a seven-year high in 2018, according to figures. There were 115,299 personal insolvencies in England and Wales last year, a 16.2% rise on 2017 and the highest annual level since 2011, statistics from the Insolvency Service reveal. This was primarily driven by increases in individual voluntary arrangements…