The collapsed fundraising agency Home Fundraising is being liquidated, facing claims totalling more than 5m. The liquidators report, published on the Companies House website this week, reveals it has received claims totaling 4.8m from 56 unsecured creditors, while a further 92 claims have yet to be received for sums totalling more than 300,000. The unsecured…
Law360, London (January 27, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT) — Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.K. in March last year, legislative protections and government packages have helped keep at bay the massive wave of corporate insolvencies that had been expected. But the economic support has to come to an end at some point, and lawyers…
ASIC has today released Consultation Paper 337 Externally administered companies: Extending financial reporting and AGM relief (CP 337) seeking feedback on proposals to reduce the regulatory burden for externally administered companies. ASIC is proposing to expand the relief in ASIC Corporations (Externally-Administered Bodies) Instrument 2015/251 (LI 2015/251) to companies where a voluntary administrator, controller or…
Brisbane Times takes a look back at how the virus spread through Queensland, and some of the states near misses. January 2020 January 9: The World Health Organisation releases a statement regarding cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. January 11: China reports the first death.…
Law360, London (January 27, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT) — Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.K. in March last year, legislative protections and government packages have helped keep at bay the massive wave of corporate insolvencies that had been expected. But the economic support has to come to an end at some point, and lawyers…
An association of Lebanese lawyers has requested British authorities prevent the liquidation of a company potentially linked to the Beirut blast, Reutersreported. The Beirut Bar Association sent a letter to British Member of Parliament Margaret Hodge making the request on Monday. The letter urged the UK corporate registry Companies House to halt the liquidation of…
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut’s port area, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo reuters_tickers This content was published on January 27, 2021 – 00:59 January 27, 2021 – 00:59 By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – A Lebanese lawyers’ association has asked British authorities to halt the voluntary…
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – A Lebanese lawyers’ association has asked British authorities to halt the voluntary liquidation of a UK-registered company over possible links to last year’s explosion at Beirut port, according to a letter seen by Reuters. In the Jan. 25 letter to British lawmaker Margaret Hodge, the Beirut Bar Association (BBA)…
January 26, 2021 14:49 ET | Source: Novelion Therapeutics, Inc. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novelion Therapeutics Inc. (Novelion or the Company) by Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., Novelions court appointed liquidator (the Liquidator) today announces that the timing of the previously announced interim distribution to its registered shareholders (the Interim…
On 25 January 2021, a winding up order was made against Debenhams PLC (Company number: 05448421) and the court appointed the Official Receiver as liquidator. Debenhams PLC was formerly the holding company for the Debenhams retail group but at the date of liquidation it had no active operations or employees. The trading arms of the…