‘Plans to make it easier for divorcees to enforce financial orders of the courts in England and Wales do not go far enough to address the challenges those divorcees face in obtaining access to offshore assets of high net worth individuals.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Law Commission has announced that the Government has agreed to help improve financial orders enforcement following its report published in 2016. The Government has committed to bringing forward non-legislative measures in order to reform and improve the enforcement system, as well as taking time to consider further reform in the future.’
Family Law, 17th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A charity has called for tougher regulation of bailiffs, as it calculated that households have fallen behind on essential bills by £18.9bn.’
BBC News, 21st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Families of missing people are struggling to deal with mounting debts as the Government delays new powers to enable them to manage their loved one’s affairs.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In Victory House General Partner Ltd, Re A Company [2018] EWHC 1143 (Ch), the court dismissed a party’s winding-up petition as the employer’s cross-claim was bona fide and the debt was disputed on substantial grounds.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 22nd June 2018
‘A family say they have been left £15,000 in debt, without passports and unable to register their son as British because of the Home Office’s actions. The Bristol couple are among 1,000 highly-skilled migrants said to be facing deportation because of how the government has applied immigration law. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has ordered a review into use of Section 322(5).’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fraudster jailed for selling fake bomb detectors to war-torn countries has received two more years in prison for failing to pay back nearly £2m.’
BBC News, 25th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Concerns persist over bailiffs using aggressive behaviour to pursue debts despite a legal crackdown, a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) report has found.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than half of young legal aid lawyers are earning less than £25,000 a year, yet more than a quarter start their careers carrying more than £35,000 debt as a result of their education, according to a survey of lawyers in the sector.’
Legal Futures, 14th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has said that it could not impose a permanent moratorium against creditor action in England and Wales where the foreign restructuring of an Azerbijan bank had been recognised as a foreign main proceeding under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Being in debt is not a crime. So why are nearly 100 people a year sent to prison for falling behind on council tax payments?’
Legal Voice, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘On 20 October 2017 Registrar Derrett handed down judgment in the case of Thomas v Haederle (unreported), in which she gave reasons for dismissing a bankruptcy petition presented by the debtor (T) in the County Court at Norwich on 4 December 2014, pursuant to s 272 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA86), as it then was.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has determined the extent of creditors’ entitlements to statutory interest on their debts and the correct approach for calculating their entitlement. It has ruled on the entitlement of representative creditors of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE) to the surplus funds and on the calculation of the statutory interest due to them.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Gas and electricity customers who have fallen so far behind with their payments that they are forced to have a prepayment meter, are to have their court and legal charges capped at £150 by the energy regulator.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The harsh impact of the Jackson reforms on the costs world is on display today as we reveal that one costs business is closing down, while it has emerged that another has been reborn after the directors bought the assets, files and outstanding WIP from its joint administrators.’
Litigation Futures, 30th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘On 1st October 2017, the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims, (the “Protocol”) is to come into force. This raises the question: what is a ‘debt’? For this Protocol, the only ‘guidance’ provided is on the Information Sheet (Annex 1), “you have received this [notice] because a business believes that you owe it money”. None of the draft or consultation papers provide further guidance or seek to define the term ‘debt’ under English law.’
4 KBW, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.4kbw.net
‘The following article examines the concept of ‘debt’; this article focuses on the purpose, procedure and effects of the Protocol.’
4 KBW, 20th September 2017
Source: www.4kbw.net
‘Complaints about payday loans have risen sharply for the second consecutive year despite strict new regulations limiting interest charges.’
BBC News, 13th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has thrown a racist who called him “mate” in court behind bars for being disrespectful.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Whilst it might be tempting as a Defendant company to dissipate assets to avoid Judgment debts, it is ill-advised and is unlikely to provide an easy escape.’
Littleton Chambers, 16th May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
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