Disgraced former solicitor Phil Shiner has been declared bankrupt potentially leaving the legal profession facing a huge bill for his prosecution. Shiner, a director at Birmingham firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), was recorded as bankrupt this week on the Individual Insolvency Register. A further notice placed on the Companies House website this week confirms that…
And the number of people getting into early-stage arrears on their mortgages has risen for the first time in four years. The number of homes taken into possession was the highest on record in final quarter of last year, the Central Bank said. The latest arrears figures show that 23,224 mortgage accounts were in arrears…
Creditors rejected a proposal that would have seen former property tycoons Michael and John Taggart avoid bankruptcy, the High Court heard yesterday. But the Co Londonderry brothers, said to have debts of up to £213m, are set to contest the outcome of a meeting of people to whom they owe money. A judge has given…
by matthew lynn It looks set to be a week packed with big financial milestones. In the US, the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, putting the country on a path towards getting back to a normal price for money. In the Netherlands, a tense election may deal the fragile eurozone another blow. In this country, Theresa…
Nagpur-based Gupta Coal India has filed for insolvency at the National Company Law Tribunal. The petition says there are liabilities of Rs2,580 crore towards eight major banks. A source told this newspaper, Allahabad Bank, ICICI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, IDBI Bank, Punjab National Bank and Bank of…
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2017-03-14T13:20+02:00 13:20 14.03.2017 Individuals’ loans, liquidity provision worth at least $11 million had been withdrawn from Imexbank (Odesa) a month before the bank was declared insolvent, according to the website of the Individuals’ Deposit Guarantee Fund. According to its data, the estimated value of the bank’s assets is less than 15% of the amount recorded…
By ABIUD OCHIENG, [email protected] When the old financial laws regarding implementation of bankruptcy orders were applied to an individual in Kenyas traditional legal landscape, one was not allowed to carry more than Sh100 in their pockets. The time tested legal provision, which has been the last resort by individuals who are unable to service their…
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. Residents who live in bankrupt subdivisions around Jefferson County are looking for solutions to rough road conditions. Advertisement Nearly 100 subdivisions in unincorporated areas of Jefferson County are abandoned or have developers who have declared bankruptcy, according to deputy county manager Dan Biles. Many of them have roads that have fallen into…
The Kolkata Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has ordered for initiation of an corporate insolvency resolution process against distressed rice exporting company, REI Agro, based on an application filed by an operational creditor. REI Agro has, in the past few years, faced litigation across multiple fora for not only having defaulted in the payment…