Nicole Southwell, Director at Shenfield-based insolvency practitioners, Bretts Business Recovery, argues that the Government should do more to ensure those who enjoy the protection of the corporate veil are suitably qualified to do so. In my...
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Andrew Brooke (45) and Gary Gregson (38) have been disqualified after transferring more than £0.5 million from their own debt management companies. Both bosses have been disqualified for a combined total of 23 years, 13 and 10 years...
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Loose Women star, Lisa Maxwell’s husband has been disqualified for 12 years for submitting false tax returns. The court ordered that Paul Jessup be disqualified from being directly or indirectly involved in the promotion, formation or management...
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A film producer from Brighton has been banned from being a company director after he scammed investors out of more than £5 million. Michael Cowan (full name Michael Lionello Boscardi di Pallavicini di Zoppini Cowan), 53, told investors that the...
Read more...It’s been a tough few weeks with individuals having to file their Tax Returns and pay their dues, sometimes receiving a bill for more than anticipated. Getting help and advice early on could help with damage limitation if you are finding...
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The 32-year-old man has been disqualified from running a food business for 7 years. He ran food businesses under the company name, Lime & Mocha Limited. Paul Savage from Bangor in Belfast, was running an eating establishment at 442 Woodstock...
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If you pay dividends out of your company when insufficient profit/distributable reserves exist, and/or the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 are not met, such dividends are deemed as unlawful/illegal/ultra-vires. Therefore, dividend payments...
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In an insolvency case which chief Investigator Cheryl Lambert described as “one of the most bizarre cases” she had ever come across a director faked his own death to avoid disqualification. Bradley Trevor Silver, also known as Bradley Silva,...
Read more...Often, after a company has gone bust, it would appear to the outside word that the director of that company simply starts up again and trades using the same or similar name as the defunct company. The director does this by incorporating a phoenix...
Read more...Being a director of a company is a responsible job. A director is bound by several statutory and non-statutory obligations, duties and restrictions under the common law as well as the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act"). Under the insolvency Act 1986...
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