A study by a Toronto-based firm says the rate of insolvent borrowers using payday loans in Ontario has grown for the sixth consecutive year. Insolvency trustee firm Hoyes Michalos & Associates says 31 per cent of insolvent borrowers used the loans in 2017, up from 27 per cent the year before. The study suggests payday…
Victims who had their money stolen by former Rare Coin Company managing director Robert Jackman have been given no hope of their money being returned, despite restitution being ordered by Albany District Court last week. Mr Jackman, 63, was sentenced to four years and two months jail last week and ordered to pay reparation of…
Payday loans were a growing factor in personal insolvencies in Ontario for the sixth consecutive year in 2017, despite recent provincial regulatory changes to curb borrowing rates and improve disclosures by lenders. A review of 3,500 insolvency cases by insolvency trustee firm Hoyes Michalos found 31 per cent of people who made insolvency filings in…
Family law issues Wife not permitted to advance equalization of property claim after having declared bankruptcy Parties entered into minutes of settlement that provided husband would assume ownership of matrimonial home as well as related debts and expenses, and pay wife $40,000 in exchange for release of her property division and spousal support claims. Following…
HAMBURG, Feb 12 (Reuters) – German grain trading house Mackprang has applied for insolvency proceedings, its chief executive said on Monday. Work will continue while a provisional administrator holds talks with creditors, said chief executive Jens Kass. The company and its shareholders had been unable to reach agreement on financing with banks, he said. The…
HAMBURG, Feb 12 (Reuters) – German grain trading house Mackprang has applied for insolvency proceedings, its chief executive said on Monday. Work will continue while a provisional administrator holds talks with creditors, said chief executive Jens Kass. The company and its shareholders had been unable to reach agreement on financing with banks, he said. The…
The deadline for submitting bids for the beleaguered Essar Steel, put up for sale under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), ends today and it’s reportedly looking like a tug of war between the Ruias and L.N. Mittal, though Tata Steel is also expected to enter the fray. Yes, the government has amended the Insolvency and…
Employees transferred in prison and defence contracts but more than 1,000 ex-staff have lost jobs Carillion ran maintenance services at prisons including Wandsworth. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian More than 4,400 staff who worked for collapsed government contractor Carillion will keep their jobs, the Insolvency Service has said, after new companies were found to…
The assets of Latvias insolvent steel company KVV Liepajas Metalurgs will be sold off by auction, the companys insolvency administrator Guntars Koris has decided, reported LETA on January 15. The insolvency administrators spokesman Dzintars Hmielevskis told LETA that the decision has been taken because none of the companys potential investors had met the requirements set by…
The company has reportedly racked up debts of £71.5 million Claims that the star begged landlords to cut rents in aim to keep company afloat Plan backed by 95% of creditors will see 450 staff lose their jobs By Victoria Bell For Mailonline Published: 02:00 AEDT, 12 February 2018 | Updated: 05:43 AEDT, 12 February…