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When an individual or corporate body seeks to recover outstanding debts, various procedural options are available, depending on the specific circumstances, including the nature of the debt. In a instances where it is known that the debtor will, or is likely to, submit reasons disputing liability for the debt, it would be prudent to commence […]
05/02/25
Regulatory
The intent behind the issue by the Court of Director Disqualification Orders is to prevent those whose conduct in relation to the management of one or more companies has proven to be unacceptable, having regard to, inter alia, the requirements of prevailing company legislation, to the extent that it is appropriate to disqualify such individual(s) from being involved in the running of any registered company for such period as the Disqualification Order dictates.
03/02/25
Financial Investigations, Serious Fraud
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (‘the Act’) aims to tackle economic crime by creating a new offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud (‘the new offence’). It will enhance corporate transparency, impacting companies, limited partnerships and other kinds of corporate entities. It also includes detailed provisions controlling the registration of overseas entities. The […]
30/01/25
Civil Fraud, Financial Investigations
KANGS has successfully obtained the removal of National Hunter and Cifas markers registered against our client, a successful and respected businessman. The client became aware of the registrations following the closure of various bank accounts. The Team at KANGS, exercising its considerable experience, regularly assists clients obtain the removal of markers registered on both the […]
27/01/25
Insolvency
KANGS has successfully assisted a client defeat a ‘Set Aside Application’ issued by an individual who owed him a considerable amount of money pursuant to a settlement agreement. Our client served a Statutory Demand against an individual in respect of a debt arising under the settlement agreement. Subsequently, the debtor applied to have the Statutory […]
22/01/25
ADR & Mediation, Commercial Disputes
In previous articles, we have explained how Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) offers parties in commercial disputes alternative methods of attempting to settle their differences outside of traditional civil court proceedings. Mediation is the most frequently adopted form of Alternative Dispute Resolution, where a neutral third party, known as the mediator, is appointed with a view […]
20/01/25
Commercial Disputes
A ‘Default Judgement’ is common in commercial litigation disputes and serves to ensure that legal proceedings move forward even when one side is unresponsive. If a defendant receives civil proceedings properly served and does not, within the time limits set down by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (‘CPR’), to file an ‘Acknowledgement of Service’ or […]
15/01/25
