Liquidation involves finalising the financial affairs of an organisation, selling off the businesss assets to repay any debts, and dismantling the companys structure. Often confused with bankruptcy, liquidation is the only way to wind down operations and shut down an organisation in an orderly way. Liquidation commonly occurs if a company cant meet debt obligations…
And experts warned that these difficulties come as care homes still struggle with debts from before the credit crunch. As a result, 101 care homes were declared insolvent in 2018. Analysts from the accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP, which conducted the research, warned that the sector is continuing to suffer from trading difficulties…
New York, yes, Paris, maybe, but you wouldnt think the tiny Welsh town of Blaenau Ffestiniog likely to be the centre of a million-pound art investment fraud. In fact the Insolvency Service, a government agency connected to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has wound up two fraudulent art investment schemes, one in…
In this guest post Peter Doyle, a former senior IMF economist, argues for the sovereign insolvency regime to be brought in line with that for banks, starting with Venezuela. Motivation The prior instalment of this sovereign insolvency blog trilogy concluded that “output foregone” is huge in highly-indebted IMF programme countries with high growth potential. That…
Jane Catherine Bernadette Goodfellow (56), from Yeovil, Somerset, has received a second ban lasting 12 years and at the same time Clare Louise Watts (51), also from Yeovil, was banned for 5 years for allowing Jane Goodfellow to run the caf and acting as a stooge director. The company at the centre of the Insolvency…
Published: 16:03 Tuesday 12 March 2019 Share this article Three men have been declared bankrupt for failing to pay 1.6m to the victims of the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bombing. The High Court ruling in Dublin is the first time in the world that anyone has been declared bankrupt for refusing to compensate victims of…
It is a common misconception that closure means failure, but directors increasingly choose to dissolve in good condition, either because the industry has changed or they simply fancy something new. The first thing to understand about company closure is the distinction between solvency and insolvency. If the company is solvent, there is much more flexibility…
Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach explained how residents can recover claims owed by Real Legacy Assurance Company. The Lieutenant Governors Office has been named a receiver of the defunct Real Legacy Assurance Company, which Lt. Gov. Tregenza Roach said Monday will ensure that outstanding claims filed by local policyholders can be paid. During a news conference…
Published: 16:03 Tuesday 12 March 2019 Share this article Three men have been declared bankrupt for failing to pay 1.6m to the victims of the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bombing. The High Court ruling in Dublin is the first time in the world that anyone has been declared bankrupt for refusing to compensate victims of…
Aodhan O Faolain Michael McKevitt was among four men found liable for the attackPACEMAKER PRESS Three men found liable for the Omagh bombing have been declared bankrupt by the High Court after failing to pay damages to relatives of the victims. The car bomb on a street packed with shoppers killed 29 people, including nine…