UK Renewable Investments (AD) plc was wound up on 3 April 2019 by District Judge Khan in the Business and Property Courts in Manchester. The Official Receiver has been appointed as liquidator. In considering the petitions to wind-up the company, the court heard that between July 2015 and September 2016 UKRI sold corporate bonds to…
Jodie Annabel Fairbrother (40), from Immingham, Lincolnshire, was the former owner of a boarding kennels in South Killingholme. The business traded from Janika Boarding Kennels under the name 4Paws and provided animal transport, boarding kennels and a veterinary clinic. In March 2018, 4Paws was subject to visits from the RSPCA and the police over animal…
Footballer David Goodwilllie, who claims he was left penniless after losing a civil action in which he was branded a rapist, has been declared bankrupt over a 41,000 tax debt. The 30-year-old former Scotland striker ran up the tax bill at the height of his career when he was reportedly earning 20,000 a week playing…
news, local-news, More than 1000 police fraud charges against Framlingham Indigenous leader Geoff Clark, his wife Trudi and two of their sons have been adjourned for further hearing in Warrnambool court on May 31. Mr Clark, Trudi and their two sons Aaron and Jeremy appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Friday morning for a…
TransAlta Corp. is cutting debt, speeding up its shift from coal-fired power and rewarding hard-hit shareholders with its $750-million deal with Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, chief executive officer Dawn Farrell says. Thats why Ms. Farrell is bewildered by U.S.-based activist investors who are threatening to launch a proxy fight and force the company to renegotiate…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was having a bad week when trying to defend the administrations proposed cut of $17.6 million from Special Olympics. We had to make some difficult decisions with this budget, DeVos responded when asked how many children would be affected. I think Special Olympics is an awesome organization that is well-supported by…
The corporate insolvency rules in Scotland change on 6 April, with two new sets of rules replacing the current regime for companies. They do not apply to limited liability partnerships (LLPs). The introduction of The Insolvency (Scotland) (Company Voluntary Arrangements and Administration) Rules 2018 and The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018 (together…
I wonder if I could ask you to change my diaper? The senior citizen home staff member to whom that plaintive request was addressed did not reply. He lowered his eyes. The elderly resident who had approached him sighed and withdrew. He might have insisted, but thought better of it. When the home, located in…
(Bloomberg) — A series of bankruptcy filings by major private-sector bond issuers in Chinas third-wealthiest province is shining a spotlight on aggressive efforts by local governments to manage unsustainable debt loads. Four debtors have entered bankruptcy procedures since the start of November in Dongying, a city of 2 million in the eastern province of Shandong…
Piper Alderman has attracted an insolvency and reconstruction expert in Melbourne. The national firm has welcomed Louise Thompson as special counsel, adding more than 15 years experience acting for a wide range of insolvency practitioners to the firm. She joins insolvency and reconstruction partners Michael Lheude and Joanne Hardwick in the Victorian capital. The appointment…