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Former Halliwells solicitor struck off for embezzlement
A former Halliwells solicitor has been struck off after embezzling over £90,000 from the firm's clients.
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A secretive tycoon at the centre of a £400m divorce battle is having his bankruptcy investigated by David Ingram, partner at Grant Thornton, Insolvency News can reveal.
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An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) debt collection officer who stole nearly £85,000 from taxpayers has been jailed for two and a half years.
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A spat has erupted between Portsmouth football club administrators UHY Hacker Young and Griffins who have claimed creditors could receive a dividend far greater than what is currently on the table.
_Read full storyHusband in £400m divorce battle declared bankrupt
Scot Young, the property tycoon at the centre of one of the most vicious divorce battles of recent years, has been declared bankrupt.
_Read full storyFinancial adviser jailed for £12m Ponzi scam
Financial adviser Grahame Whitehead has pleaded guilty to a £12m fraud at Chelmsford Crown Court.
_Read full storyPortsmouth administrator criticised
The administrator of debt-ridden Portsmouth football club has previously been criticised by a judge for “manifestly inappropriate conduct” and failing to “meet the standard to be expected of a reasonably competent insolvency practitioner” during a recent liquidation, it has been revealed.
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David Rubin & Partners have appointed Stephen Katz as partner. Stephen will be based at the firm’s Holborn office and will be working with the five existing Partners to continue the growth of the business. Stephen joins David Rubin & Partners from HW Fisher & Company, where he was the firm’s head of insolvency.
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Mark Whitaker is joining Begbies Traynor as director of business development. Mark joins from Alliance and Leicester where he was business development director. Prior to this he spent 25 years with Yorkshire Bank and headed its corporate operation in Leeds. Mark will be based at Begbies' office in Leeds and will be responsible for developing new business for the company in Yorkshire and the North East.
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Chris Laughton, a restructuring and insolvency partner at Mercer & Hole in London, has succeeded to the deputy presidency of INSOL Europe, the European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, bankruptcy and business reconstruction & recovery.
_Read full storyPeter Sargent talks debt on the Fourth Plinth
Peter Sargent, R3 president and partner at Begbies Traynor, is taking to the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square this Wednesday at 7pm.
_Read full storyBegbies co-founder sells £4m of shares
Andrew Dick, who co-founded Manchester-based Begbies Traynor, is to resign as group chief operating officer and switch to a part-time role.
_Read full storyIP is new ACCA president for South Wales
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has elected insolvency practitioner John Cullen as the new President for its South Wales Members Network.
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The New IPA President, Frank Simms, welcomes the Government’s proposed consultation on corporate reform including those relating to funding to assist ongoing trading in administrations and says that the IPA, as the UK’s only specialist insolvency regulator, will be keen to respond on behalf of its members.
_Read full storyKPMG expands restructuring team
KPMGs Restructuring practice which comprises over 750 staff in the UK, and over 1,000 across Europe, has appointed two new Partners and one Director to the UK firm. Marykay Fuller and Nick Smith have been promoted to Partner, while Lloyd Gold joins KPMG as a Director.
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The Mail on Sunday reports that John Wick, the former SAS officer who blew the whistle on the MPs' expenses scandal, was discharged from an IVA in 2007 and has run a string of collapsed companies.
_Read full storyPeter Sargent begins presidency at R3
Peter Sargent, partner at Begbies Traynor in Halifax, started his year tenure as R3’s new president last week.
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