A hunt for the assets of Tommy Robinson has begun after he declared himself bankrupt this week. The founder of the English Defence League, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and who was one of Britains best-funded activists, filed for bankruptcy before a trial in which he is being sued for libel by a Syrian…
That Australian women earn less than Australian men is well-known. The latest calculation put the gap the extent to which the average female full-time wage is less than the average male full-time wage at 13.4%. Women are also less likely to be employed than men, about 14% less likely, in part because women give birth…
The leaders of two rival automakers one the world’s dominant electric vehicle maker, the other a legacy manufacturer looking to steal some EV market shareset aside their differences this week, if only for a brief Twitter interaction. Elon Musk, Twitter starand billionaire CEO of TeslaInc., on Thursday tweeted a veiled jab at General Motors Co.…
An aged care business operated by two bankrupt brothers convicted of shocking animal cruelty has been accused of serious probity failings, including the transfer of funds to pay for the owners mortgages and luxury cars. Emails and SMS messages from staff at Chronos Care, seen by The Age, show them alleging that Gerry and Chris…
Creditors have allegedly been cheated in a complicated scam involving a registered trustee, an insolvency advisor and a bankrupt person. A series of properties were raided across South East Queensland on Wednesday with records seized in relation to suspected fraudulent behaviour. During the bankruptcy, a registered trustee and a pre-insolvency advisor are alleged to have…
The world is completely rethinking the assumptions that have been underpinning high-growth companies, and this is having severe implications for their market valuations. The best measure of this change in market sentiment is the performance this month of Tesla and Afterpay. Tesla is the high-growth proxy in the United States, while Afterpay fills a similar…
Creditors have allegedly been cheated in a complicated scam involving a registered trustee, an insolvency advisor and a bankrupt person. A series of properties were raided across South East Queensland on Wednesday with records seized in relation to suspected fraudulent behaviour. During the bankruptcy, a registered trustee and a pre-insolvency advisor are alleged to have…
Creditors have allegedly been cheated in a complicated scam involving a registered trustee, an insolvency advisor and a bankrupt person. A series of properties were raided across South East Queensland on Wednesday with records seized in relation to suspected fraudulent behaviour. During the bankruptcy, a registered trustee and a pre-insolvency advisor are alleged to have…
Highlights Freeport East go-ahead ‘delivers on PM’s words’ Plan to help decarbonize Sizewell construction site Buses, then trucks, trains, vessels the first use cases London Ryse Hydrogen plans to install a 6 MW electrolyzer at the Sizewell nuclear site in Suffolk as a launchpad for mass production of low carbon hydrogen in and around the…
Ian Defty, partner at Begbies Traynor and insolvency advisor at Integrated Dispute Resolution. By Ian Defty, partner at Begbies Traynor and insolvency advisor at Legal Futures Associate Integrated Dispute Resolution. It is fair to say that there has, for many years, been a difference of opinion between the law governing personal insolvency and matrimonial law…