State law limits a homeowners rights under a sinkhole policy once the insurer becomes insolvent and the claim goes to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. It doesnt matter if the policy was issued before a statute constraining the associations obligation took effect, Justice Charles Canady wrote for a…
A new 15million scheme to help home-owners in serious mortgage arrears has been launched by the Government. The service, called Abhaile, will offer a financial and legal lifeline to those who are deeply indebted and will be free for those who qualify. Before someone can qualify they must be a mortgage-holder who is in serious…
Dive Brief: Dicks Sporting Goods is preparing to bid on bankrupt Golfsmith Internationals U.S. business, challenging an offer from Worldwide Golf Shops (which operates stores under the Roger Dunn Golf Shops, Van’s Golf Shops and Golfers’ Warehouse brands), sources told Reuters. Bids for Golfsmith, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in…
Prosecutions will be handled by the Attorney Generals office rather than the police Jurgen Balzan 18 October 2016, 11:56am Prosecutions will be handled by the Attorney Generals office rather than… Read the full article at: http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/budget-2017/70701/attorney_generals_office_to_start_leading_prosecution_in_criminal_cases
A father seeking extended access to his child went on a foreign holiday, drives a luxury car, and was seen on social media socialising in a number of bars and restaurants while not paying maintenance to his former partner. The mothers solicitor told a family law court in Cork that the claims that his current…
An unsuccessful entrepreneur from Krapina is the first person in Croatia which has declared personal bankruptcy. Three months after starting proceedings for personal bankruptcy, the Municipal Court in Zlatar officially confirmed the first personal bankruptcy in Croatia, which was filed by a 51-year-old former businesswoman from Krapina. Based on data, the court concluded that pension…
New Delhi: Personal insolvency cases under The Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 will be handled by Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs). For an insolvency sum greater than Rs1,000, the cases will be moved out of civil courts to the special tribunals. How has the personal insolvency scenario changed? The Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 completely overhauled…
New figures from the Insolvency Service of Ireland show that almost 900 people applied to put a formal arrangement in place with their lenders. The figures were for the three months to the end of September. This was up 102pc on the same three months last year. But the number of heavily-indebted people who secured…
Some 899 people applied for debt relief during the third quarter of the year, an increase of more than double on 2015, according to figures from the Insolvency Service of Ireland, Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI). According to the ISI, there 899 new applications in the third quarter of the year, more than double the…
Bankrupt Matthew Quigley ran ambulance firm which went bust 17 October 2016 From the section Sussex Image caption Matthew Curran was known as Matthew Quigley before he changed his name by deed poll A man declared bankrupt with a history of involvement in failed ambulance companies was involved in an ambulance firm that went bust,…