Builder RobertsCo to put Victorian business into administration after ProBuild failure

Contractor RobertsCo appointed voluntary administrators to its Victorian business late on Friday – a move The Australian Financial Review foreshadowed – after failing to stem losses on two projects it took over after acquiring the operations of collapsed builder Probuild in 2022. RobertsCo’s other operations were not affected by the appointment of McGrathNicol’s Jason Ireland…

Insolvency and Fair Competition – GOV.UK

The application sought authorisation for fifteen vehicles to support the company’s tool and plant hire operations. However, investigations revealed significant overlaps between PHS Group SW Ltd and the recently insolvent Purple Hire Solutions Ltd, including shared business addresses, contact details, operating centres, and familial ties among directors. Notably, Purple Hire Solutions Ltd had substantial unpaid…

Existence of Financial Debt and Corresponding Default is a Sine Qua Non for Initiating Proceedings u/s 7 of IBC

The tribunal considered the reasons made by each party and maintained the Adjudicating Authority’s ruling that the Appellant’s Section 7 petition was malicious and fraudulent. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, upheld the adjudicating authority’s ruling and dismissed a Section 7 petition under the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, finding…