THE INSOLVENCY Service has managed to secure fifty six debt release orders (DRO) for debtors who were unable to repay dues of up to twenty five thousand Euro, as a result of the economic crisis. So far 1,019 applications have been submitted from citizens who request a debt write-off, head of the Insolvency Service Costas…
Watpac claims it is owed $3.2 million for mining services work carried out, at the request of KordaMentha, at Pluton Resource’s Cockatoo Island. Brendon Thorne Property developer and mining contractor Watpac has lashed insolvency firm KordaMentha after launching legal action against three of its partners as it seeks $3.2 million for work on an iron…
Insolvency firm McGrathNicol has released its report on the financial state of troubled law firm Slater Gordon concluding that a restructure may be required subject to additional forward projections. The report comes as original lenders to the company have offloaded their loans to distressed debt funds and investment banks, amid a growing perception that a “debt-for-equity”…
An Armenian court last week declared the state-owned Nairit synthetic rubber plant bankrupt in response to a request by the national power utility Electricity Networks of Armenia, which is owed some 1.24 billion drams ($2.6 million) in unpaid electricity bills by Nairit’s management. The ruling on the shuttered Yerevan plant, a former economic flagship seen…
The tribunal in the canton of Neuchatel said in a statement that Bulat Chagaev had been found guilty of criminal mismanagement, embezzlement, attempted fraud and falsification of documents. Eighteen months of the sentence was suspended for a period of two years, the court said. Chagaev had denied wrongdoing. Chagaev took over the…
The Independents4Change TD has hired a personal insolvency practitioner to write to AIB to see if the family home can be kept. He is also in the process of drafting a statement of affairs, which will be given to the court later this month. Mr Wallace is expected to fight efforts by vulture fund Cerberus…
The High Court has heard that Mick Wallace is trying to save his family home as part of proceedings to have him declared a bankrupt. Lawyers for the Independent TD have also revealed that he is looking at possible alternatives to bankruptcy. Promontoria Limited is an Irish subsidiary of Cerberus, which came to public attention…
The Supreme Court has granted leave to retired solicitor Brian ODonnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia ODonnell to appeal the award of costs which was made against them in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, to be paid outside their bankruptcy estates. Chief Justice Denham, Justice Dunne, and Justice OMalley stated that…
The High Court has heard that Mick Wallace is trying to save his family home as part of proceedings to have him declared a bankrupt. Lawyers for the Independent TD have also revealed that he is looking at possible alternatives to bankruptcy. Promontoria Limited is an Irish subsidiary of Cerberus – which came to public…
Govan Law Centre details its findings of failings in Scotlands personal insolvency market.Many consumers in Scotland enter into personal insolvency solutions believing that they will resolve their financial difficulties and secure much needed light at the end of a dark tunnel of unmanageable debt. The aim is to take back control, repay debts as best…