St Anne’s Street Limited: The Perils of Off-Plan Property Purchases

st anne's limited development

Two luxury housing developments in Liverpool have faced major setbacks, leaving purchasers indespair and dreams of new homes shattered. St Anne’s Street Limited and Chaloner StreetDevelopments, both spearheaded by Liverpool businessman Robert Taylor, are under scrutiny aspromises reportedly remain unfulfilled. St Anne’s Street Limited: St Anne’s Street Limited, a project backed by ex-Premier League footballer…

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Is Carrie Ann James Blocking Justice for Victims?

Carrie Ann James

The pursuit of justice faces ongoing challenges as victims claim Carrie Ann James appears to be introducing obstacles in the path to justice. We direct your attention to our initial article on this issue as we update you on the developments since then. Despite our initial request for a Norwich Pharmacal Order and Carrie Ann…

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Appeal court win for company directors

The appeal court rejected BTI's claim upholding the notion that directors have no duty to consider creditors until insolvency is looming

The UK Supreme Court recently dismissed a claim for a law change that would force company directors to take creditors into account at the first sign of insolvency. Instead, the Supreme Court upheld the current law. As a result, directors only need to prioritise creditors when company insolvency is highly likely. Under the current ruling,…

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Dark Side of Liquidation

Support for unsecured creditors in liquidations is scarce

When a limited company enters liquidation, for whatever reason, revenue from the sale of the company’s assets is redistributed amongst creditors and shareholders in order of priority.   The director’s powers cease and an insolvency practitioner (IP) takes over managing the company’s affairs. The director no longer has any control over the company or its…

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End of temporary insolvency measures

Creditors are now free to present a winding-up petition on a debtor company that owes over £750 following the lifting of the government's temporary CIGA 2020 insolvency measures

Last week, the Government withdrew the temporary insolvency measures introduced two years earlier to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Creditors could obtain winding-up petitions under the temporary legislation (enacted as part of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020). However, the debt threshold for winding-up petitions increased to £10,000 and creditors were compelled to:…

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Cybercrime: Beware of Ukraine donation scams

It is hard not to be affected by the horrific scenes of war from Ukraine that appear daily on our screens. We can only empathise with the innocent people caught in the crossfire. Most of us feel helpless, but want to help anyway we can. Consequently, there has been a global outpouring of cash and…

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