Property rights concerns limiting value of personal insolvency deals for farmers – Farm Ireland

Concerns over constitutional property rights are hampering efforts to enhance the ability of the State’s personal insolvency regime to benefit indebted farmers. lthough the regime has predominantly been associated with keeping debtors in their family home, the mechanism has been used in a number of landmark cases involving farms in recent times. Calls have been…

Financial literacy edu a vital tool against youth bankruptcy – Daily Express

Financial literacy edu a vital tool against youth bankruptcy Published on: Monday, March 22, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: The Star picture – for illustration only. Kuala Lumpur: Financial literacy education is a must for students, advocates a financial services industry trainer.Education is vital, they should start young, whereby one or two periods on financial…

Mayo senator lauds moves to protect the family home in personal insolvency cases – Connaught Telegraph

A Mayo senator has welcomed new legislation – the second stage of which is currently passing through the Oireachtas – which protects the family home in personal insolvency cases. Senator Paddy Burke said the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 removes the requirement that an insolvent debtor is only eligible under the Act to apply for…

Boris Becker gave £120,000 in backhanders to wife and ex to evade bankruptcy rules, court hears – Daily Mail

Tennis legend Boris Becker gave 120,000 in backhanders to his wife and his ex to evade bankruptcy rules, court hears Boris Becker, 53, was declared bankrupt four years ago after spending fortune Tennis ace allegedly hid money following bankruptcy order to paying creditors Court hears he hid proceeds from 3m sale by sending them to…

Tommy Robinson: why has ex-EDL leader been declared bankrupt – and accusations of misusing donations explained – Yorkshire Evening Post

Tommy Robinson has been accused of misspending supporter donations (Getty Images) Former employees of Tommy Robinson have accused the far-right leader of mis-spending donations made via fundraising campaigns. According to The Independent, claims were made that the former EDL-leader transferred donation money to his business account, with one colleague saying that he was giving it…