Howarth: Should not have faced proceedings, says judge
The man who founded now-defunct Stobart Barristers and then bought two well-known criminal law firms, has been cleared of any wrongdoing around his business’s insolvency.
Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Barber found that Trevor Howarth “has at all material times acted responsibly and with integrity” as a director of now-defunct alternative business structure One Legal.
“He very properly sought and acted on the advice of a specialist firm of insolvency practitioners for several months prior to placing the company into a CVA [company voluntary arrangement].”
The claim was brought on assignment by Manolete Partners, the insolvency litigation funder, over payments totalling…