The Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its nod to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, that seeks to improve the ease of doing business in the country. The measure seeks to overhaul the laws regulating insolvency amid a surge in bad loans. The bill will now go to the Rajya Sabha for its consent.…
The business practices of Stephen Dorrell have been called into question after a business partner accused the former health secretary of leaving him with nothing. Dorrell used a controversial insolvency procedure to move a publishing company into a new corporate entity owned by himself, making shares owned by his business partner worthless and allegedly thwarting…
Since Queensland Nickel went into liquidation on April 21 everyone has been worrying about the workers who’ve been retrenched from the Yabulu nickel refinery at Townsville. Well, from a reading of the report by FTI Consulting on Queensland Nickel, the workers were lucky to keep their jobs as long as they did. Because if Yabulu…
A Greater Manchester-based insolvency firm, which manages approximately 2,800 personal insolvency cases across the UK, has fallen into administration. Varden Nuttall entered administration on 24 March 2016, with FRP Advisory partners Ben Woolrych and Phil Pierce as well as Harrisons Business Recovery and Insolvency’s Paul Boyle and Tom Bowes appointed joint administrators. The joint administrators…
THE City of Wanneroo has more residents struggling to pay debt this year than anywhere else in Australia, insolvency figures from the Australian Financial Security Authority reveal. Statistics for the March quarter showed 25 City of Wanneroo residents were declared insolvent for business reasons and 82 residents for non-business reasons, leaving a total of 107…
May 4th, 2016 Jason Jiang Greater China, Shipyards 0 comments Zhoushan Intermediate Peoples Court has declared Zhong Chuan Heavy Industry Shipbuilding bankrupt, along with two affiliate companies Zhong Chuan Heavy Industry Equipment and Zhoushan Xuhua Metal Materials, due to their inability to repay debts. The receiver is now looking for new investors to restructure the…
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New Delhi, May 4: A bankrupt person would stand automatically disqualified from becoming a law-maker once the new legislation that looks to slash the time it takes to wind up a dying company or recover dues from a defaulter is enacted. According to a clause in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015, the bankrupt would…
By: PTI | New Delhi | Published:May 4, 2016 3:49 pm Finance Ministry officials said the government has accepted all the changes suggested by the Joint Committee, including on disqualification of the bankrupt. A bankrupt person would stand automatically disqualified from becoming a law-maker once the new legislation that looks to slash the time it…
The creditors of failed Queensland vegetable processing business Bunny Bites are unlikely to be paid by the former owners, the Brent family. Bunny Bites was owned by John Brent, and his brother Peter Leonard Brent, when the business went into liquidation in 2013 owing more than $3 million to vegetable growers, wholesalers, and…