DHFL lenders file personal insolvency case against Wadhawans – Mint

Mumbai: Lenders to Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd have moved the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to initiate personal insolvency proceedings against the erstwhile promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhwan, according to a person aware of the matter. DHFL owes 87,031 crore from financial creditors, including 39,000 crore from banks. “We will contact…

New insolvency law could cause ‘influx of shonky operators’ – The Australian Financial Review

The loosening will remove the existing professional requirements for insolvency practitioners to have 4000 hours of supervised work experience in the past five years and a postgraduate qualification in insolvency law. Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association chief executive John Winter said the proposed legislation was “broken” and it was “completely flawed” that accountants could…

Aussie icon among 60 business closures – Queensland Times

Queensland companies are continuing to collapse by the dozen despite the state’s economy slowly recovering from the devastating COVID-19 shutdown. In November 60 companies were put into liquidation or administration – far less than before the pandemic. Previous modelling suggests thousands of Queensland small businesses continue to rely on the federal government’s JobKeeper program and…

Top court to hear matter on insolvency of personal guarantors tomorrow – Business Standard

The Supreme Court is likely to hear 19 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of provisions relating to insolvency of personal guarantors under the IBC on Thursday. In the last hearing on October 29, the top court had transferred to itself all the petitions pending before various High Courts, challenging the said IBC provisions. The SC…

Castor Marine saves troubled SeaVsat in bankruptcy acquisition – Riviera Maritime Media

Satellite communications on a North Sea platform supply vessel (source: Eidesvik) 01 Dec 2020byMartyn Wingrove Castor Marine has stepped in to save SeaVsat, which provides satellite internet access to offshore vessels and rigs, through an acquisition from administrators Netherlands-headquartered SeaVsat was declared bankrupt on 23 November, leaving customers at sea in uncertainty about their connectivity…

Aussie icon among 60 business closures – Fraser Coast Chronicle

Queensland companies are continuing to collapse by the dozen despite the state’s economy slowly recovering from the devastating COVID-19 shutdown. In November 60 companies were put into liquidation or administration – far less than before the pandemic. Previous modelling suggests thousands of Queensland small businesses continue to rely on the federal government’s JobKeeper program and…

View From series journalists win three-year pay fight – HoldtheFrontPage

Journalists who lost their jobs when the weekly newspapers they worked for ceased publication are to receive money they are owed after a near-three-year fight. Editorial staff who were employed at Lyme Regis-based View From Newspapers will now receive notice pay settlements and additional payments awarded by an employment tribunal after Duncan Williams, the final…