A series of sham construction companies with reported sales of £50million and assets of £8.4million have been forced into compulsory liquidation by the High Court. Rather than legitimate companies, an Insolvency Service investigation found the 15 organisations were nothing but…
Two unrelated companies, a football image marketing business and a motorcycle magazine, have been wound up by the High Court for misleading an invoice finance provider and a number of prospective advertisers. The first case of everything not being quite…
The director of a vocational training company has learnt a hard lesson after receiving an eight-year directorship disqualification for taking the money for training courses, without providing the training. Vinay Kanani (54), of Wembley, Middlesex, received his ban for recklessly…
In what must have been a busy week for the High Court, five companies, two involved in a dishonest land banking scheme, and three related companies with reported assets of £445million worldwide, have been ordered into compulsory liquidation in the…
A Brighton-based film production company has been wound up by the High Court after misappropriating more than £3million of private investors’ funds. Warlord Productions Ltd, a company which claimed to act as a co-producer of a film version of three…
Two directors of the Lancashire-based Worldwide Sports Investment Limited have strayed off the fairway and find themselves buried in the rough after receiving a combined 19-year director disqualification. The disqualification followed a successful winding up petition by the insolvency service….
Two directors from unrelated letting agencies, one in Hove and the other in North London, have been disqualified from acting as directors for failing to protect their customers’ money following two separate winding up petitions. The first director, Peter Phillip…
Four connected London companies selling ‘miracle’ stock market charting software have been liquidated following winding-up petitions presented to the High Court. The companies were forced into liquidation on ‘public interest grounds’ after an investigation by the Insolvency Service revealed the true…
Legal Support and Assistance Limited, a Tunbridge Wells-based company that provided advice, often related to insolvency matters, has been wound up and ordered into compulsory liquidation by the High Court on public interest grounds. The company has been wound up…
Six companies that were part of a scheme which abused the insolvency regime have been forced into compulsory liquidation by the High Court. The businesses were wound up in the public interest for their part in an abuse of insolvency…
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