Christchurch restaurant may owe IRD hundreds of thousands

Liquidators are investigating if a Christchurch restaurant operation owing Inland Revenue an estimated $800,000 has further debts. Bikanervala Christchurch Limited, trading as Bikanervala, appears to have gone under as a result of difficult trading conditions. A first liquidator’s report was put out on Monday, May 5 by Paul Vlasic and Derek Ah Sam from Rodgers…

Scottish Institute goes into liquidation

The Scottish Institute based in Livingston has been placed in liquidation by an order passed at Livingston Sheriff Court on Thursday. The court has appointed Katie McLachlan of Middlebrooks Business Recovery & Advice Limited as Interim Liquidator. This order was effective from 6 May 2025. On 22 April a notice was posted on the London…

Vegan activist Tash Peterson declares bankruptcy

Vegan activist Tash Peterson and her boyfriend Jack Higgs have declared bankruptcy and surrendered their passports after failed defamation action with a vet. The pair lost a defamation case initiated by Bicton Veterinary Clinic owner Kay McIntosh and her husband Andrew over comments Peterson made in a video she shared to social media. WA Supreme…