by Mike Pavitt, Partner of Paris Smith LLP Solicitors So-called “Creditor Portals”, and other similarly titled electronic platforms by which insolvency practitioners typically circulate any meaningful information to creditors about insolvent estates, have been a bugbear of mine ever since they were first used a little while ago. Don’t get me wrong; I absolutely applaud the […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 9th October 2015 I wrote back in July that it was seemingly likely that interest rates would go up either by the end of this year or early 2016. It now appears that the markets are not expecting a rate for another year possibly (I believe this was the same last […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 1st October 2015 You may or may not be aware, but as of the 1st October 2015, the minimum debt level required to go bankrupt has been increased from £750 (where it had been since the introduction of the 1986 Insolvency Act) to £5,000. There are those that argue […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 9th September 2015 In previous articles, we’ve looked at limited companies and directors liabilities as well as personal guarantees. In this piece, I’d like to look at one of the most common pitfalls directors face – overdrawn director’s loan accounts. For the uninitiated, the director’s loan account is an internal company account […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 27th August 2015 So, you’re the director of a limited company and things aren’t going so well. You decided to close the business, but that’s ok as the debts are the company’s, not yours, right? Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case – there are circumstances where company directors can be held personally […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 29th July 2015 In previous articles, we’ve examined such questions as “Should you go bankrupt?” and looked at issues such as “bankruptcy and your home”. In this article, we should look at another common element of personal bankruptcy (in England and Wales) called Income Payment Agreements/Orders – both ostensibly the same […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 29th July 2015 In a previous blog, we addressed the question “Should you go bankrupt?”. We looked at some of the common questions/misconceptions about modern personal bankruptcy (specifically in England and Wales) following the introduction of the 2002 Enterprise Act. As the fate of your home is usually by far the […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 24th July 2015 For an individual dealing with unmanageable debt, there are several options out there which can be used to resolve the situation, such as: Looking at the household budget to see where/if savings can be made; Speak to your creditors directly and see what they can do to help; […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 21st July 2015 I find it interesting that things seem to be going almost full circle in the banking sector, almost back to how it was when I first started in 1990. With the re-appearance of TSB (“the bank that likes to say yes”), we could also see the resurgence of another […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 22nd May 2015 As a firm that currently generates all of its business by referral and recommendation, we tend to spend a lot of time at business networking events. I consider these events a fantastic way of developing lasting and meaningful business relationships providing you approach them in the right way and with […]
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