Yet another insolvency leaves behind jobless Pakistani workers inside KSA – DunyaNews Pakistan

  Last Updated On 08 November,2016 07:23 pm Pakistani Embassy in KSA is also not coordinating over the matter, complains the workers DAMMAM (Web Desk) Pakistani citizens living abroad have been left to endure the hardships and unforeseen austerity once again as yet another company within Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) declares bankruptcy. According to details,…

Are insolvency and arbitration like oil and water? – Guardian

Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami Formal insolvency law procedures are usually collective and centralised, overriding certain pre-insolvency agreements in order to achieve laid down objective(s) for the benefit of all creditors. In contrast, arbitration favours privity of contracts and party autonomy. Parties agreement to arbitrate their dispute is considered as sacrosanct regardless of the circumstances.…

Roberta Williams declared bankrupt after ATO chases her over $300000 tax bill – The Sydney Morning Herald

Roberta Williams, the former wife of serial killer Carl Williams, has been declared bankrupt after the Australian Tax Office pursued her for almost $300,000 in unpaid taxes in the Federal Court. The court handed down an order on Tuesday morning that backdated Ms Williams’ bankruptcy to May 17 and allowed the ATO to claim costs of $7203.80 against her…

‘Rutherford’s Travels’ a brave and ambitious voyage for Pegasus … – Chicago Tribune

Charles Johnson’s celebrated National Book Award-winning 1990 novel, “Middle Passage,” reconfigured classic allegorical stories of 19th-century seafaring life, a la Herman Melville, through the complex late-20th-century lenses of race, class and gender. That may sound like heavy going, but Johnson’s book is also a ripping yarn, a thrilling bildungsroman and rich in comic detail, with…