MAARTEN HOLL/FAIRFAX NZ Helen Marie Kemp, right, at her sentencing in September 2014. Convicted fraudster Helen Marie Kemp is back in court, months after being released from jail. The former bank manager was sentenced to two years and one month in jail in September 2014, for stealing money from elderly clients and friends. Based on…
A MARRIED couple who run The Convent have been accused of not paying performers on time, have had dozens of now dissolved or liquidated companies under different names and have both been declared bankrupt, it has emerged. Last year the SNJ reported on claims from former employees at the music venue, boutique hotel and private…
Egalet Corporation (NASDAQ:EGLT) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Open a TradeKing Account and Get $1,000 in Free Trade Commissions   On February 28, 2017, Egalet Corporation (the Company) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Egalet Ltd. and Egalet US Inc. (collectively with the Company, Egalet), entered into a…
The High Court has approved the write-off of about 12 million in debt owed by Pia Bang Stokes and her husband, Jeffrey Stokes, who previously ran the Unicorn restaurant in Dublin. Ms Justice Marie Baker signed off on a personal insolvency arrangement for the couple, freeing them of the bulk of their debts in return…
The High Court has approved the write-off of about 12 million in debt owed by Pia Bang Stokes and her husband, Jeffrey Stokes, who previously ran the Unicorn restaurant in Dublin. Ms Justice Marie Baker signed off on a personal insolvency arrangement for the couple, freeing them of the bulk of their debts in return…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has given recognition to two insolvency professional entities. IRR Insolvency Professionals Pvt Ltd and AAA Insolvency Professionals LLP have been recognised by the IBBI, an official release said today. IBBI has been set up under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code — that provides a…
India improved its ease of doing business ranking last year — moving up from 131 to 130 in a list of 190 countries — by reducing the average time taken to start an enterprise and secure a permanent electricity connection, according to 2016 World Bank data. However, an IndiaSpend analysis of these data shows that…
South African law has different types of matrimonial property systems; marriages in community of property, marriages out of community of property, which are subject to the accrual system, and marriages out of community of property, excluding accrual. The most popular one of the systems is being married in community of property. However, although there are…
Alan McIntosh Homeowners and creditors in Scottish bankruptcies, from the 3rd of April 2017, will pay substantially more when a home is sold by the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB) in a sequestration, writes Alan McIntosh. The massive fee hikes, being proposed by the Bankruptcy Fees (Scotland) Regulations 2017, will see the AIB increase their fees…
(MENAFN Editorial) Avoid the risk that your gift voucher becomes worthless if a retailer goes into insolvency A radical new way to gift money, free from the risk of retailer insolvency, has been launched in the UK. LoveFromMe is a personalised gift card scheme which can be redeemed anywhere in the World that accepts MasterCard.…