Louise
Brittain: bankruptcy specialist (100%) It takes
a steely nerve, self-confidence and bags of common
sense to become one of the country's most respected
- and feared - bankruptcy specialists. Which is why
Louise Brittain carries out some of the biggest and
most high-profile bankruptcy cases.Accountancy
Age [31-05-2002] Baker
Tilly takes on revisionist historian (26%)
Baker Tilly's partner Louise Brittain was this week
named trustee in bankruptcy for the notorious
revisionist historian David Irving. Accountancy
Age [07-03-2002] Aircraft
site grounded by debts (21%) Louise Brittain of
Baker Tilly has been appointed joint liquidator of
Farnborough-aircraft.com, a company partly owned by
Richard Noble, the man behind the world's first
supersonic land speed record breaking car.
Accountancy Age [19-09-2002] Sixties
popstar faces top insolvency expert (10%) Baker
Tilly partner Louise Brittain was expected to be
appointed trustee in bankruptcy to 60s pop star and
entrepreneur Adam Faith. Accountancy Age
[08-11-2002] Brittain
'aint misbehaving (9%) The prospect of a
potential meeting between Christine Hamilton and
leading bankruptcy expert Louise Brittain seems to
have made the Insolvency Lawyers' Association
rather nervous. Accountancy Age
[22-05-2003] Trustee
chosen for Hamilton bankruptcy (9%) Baker Tilly
partner Louise Brittain is this week preparing to
meet with disgraced Tory MP Neil Hamilton after
being appointed trustee in bankruptcy by his
creditors. Accountancy Age
[25-06-2001] Fizz
runs out of Bucks (8%) Baker Tilly bankruptcy
specialist Louise Brittain has today been appointed
trustee for former Bucks Fizz band member David Van
Day who declared himself bankrupt last month.
Accountancy Age [05-09-2002] Tales
of irony (7%) The world of insolvency seems to
be full of ironies these days. First, Chris Eubank
was going into, and then out of, bankruptcy. Then
Christine Hamilton was booked to speak at an
insolvency lawyers' event where her feisty trustee
in bankruptcy Louise Brittain was also a guest.
Accountancy Age [19-09-2003] Meet
the wolf at the door (6%) Louise Brittain, the
redoubtable bankruptcy specialist at Baker Tilly,
may finally have met her match. But who could see
off the woman who once caused worries for Mike
Tyson when it was rumoured the Inland Revenue might
appoint her to his case after his bankruptcy?
Accountancy Age [05-02-2004] Revenue
hits Tyson with sucker punch (6%) Boxing can be
a risky sport, financially as well as physically.
As Chris Eubank discovered last month, you may
first become a celebrity and earn loads of dosh but
later, the size of your paycheck shrinks and if you
don't modify your spending habits, you land
yourself in trouble with the likes of Louise
Brittain snapping at your heels. Accountancy
Age [14-08-2003] Appointment
at Baker Tilly. (4%) Accountancy Age
[21-02-2001] Hamilton
in fresh row (4%) The war between disgraced
ex-MP Neil Hamilton and his trustee in bankruptcy
has escalated as attempts are made to sell his
house by September. Accountancy Age
[29-08-2002] Aitken
settles terms with creditors (4%) Mid-tier firm
Baker Tilly has reached an agreement with Jonathan
Aitken's creditors which would formally release the
disgraced former cabinet minister from bankruptcy.
Accountancy Age [30-10-2001] Both
feet in the grave (3%) It may be true that the
only two certainties in life are death and taxes -
but it is rare you will find a business willing to
tackle both. Accountancy Age
[02-04-2004] Haig
shows no comic turnaround (3%) Colin Haig may
be gifted at pulling companies out of trouble, but
when it comes to telling jokes, the former IPA
chief is not exactly stand-up comic material.
Accountancy Age [11-09-2003] Eubank
and the curse of the cufflinks (3%) It's ironic
how sometimes things go full circle. And TS has
heard one eerie story starring none other than the
monocled, jodper-wearing former middleweight boxing
champ Chris Eubank.Accountancy Age
[10-07-2003] Response
to proposals that 'honest' bankrupts can go back
into business after six months (2%) The point
of bankruptcy is to recognise the debt to creditors
and make arrangements to pay them. Otherwise, the
process is pointless. If bankruptcy proceedings
degenerate to saying sorry, guv, and then back to
business as usual, we are in danger of creating
systemic bankruptcy and opening the floodgates for
fraud. Accountancy Age
[10-04-2000] Hamilton's
house dispute ends (2%) Long-running battle
between bankruptcy trustee and the Hamiltons ends
with sale of their £1.25m mansion. Neil
Hamilton's trustee in bankruptcy has obtained the
full asking price for the former Tory MP's mansion,
and is awaiting the end of a survey on the property
to complete the sale. Accountancy Age
[20-03-2003] Disgraced:
Baker Tilly to handle 'cash for questions' ex-MP
Neil Hamilton ( 2%) Accountancy Age
[04-07-2001] Creditors
worried over Hamilton case (2%) Concerns have
emerged among the creditors of disgraced former MP
Neil Hamilton after he pledged to donate any money
he won from an impending libel trial to charity.
Accountancy Age [04-09-2001] Battle
of Brittain and Christine (2%) Christine
Hamilton is well known for being ubiquitous. But
you would think the last place the wife of bankrupt
former politician Neil Hamilton would want to be is
in a room full of insolvency practitioners.
Accountancy Age [01-05-2003] Fears
surface over personal insolvency surge (2%) The
government insolvency service will not have enough
bankruptcy specialists to cope with the surge in
personal insolvency cases likely to take place when
the Enterprise Act comes into force, experts have
warned. Accountancy Age
[14-11-2002] Byers'
bankruptcy plans risk fraud (2%) Bankruptcy
experts have warned that government proposals to
lift the 'stigma' of bankruptcy and hand honest
failures a second chance at business would 'open
the floodgates for fraud'.Accountancy Age
[11-04-2000] Enterprise
Bill will lead to rise in bankruptcies ( 2%) A
leading bankruptcy expert has slammed the
Enterprise Bill as 'dangerous' claiming the
personal insolvency measures will lead to a
dramatic rise in bankruptcies and create an
impoverished and irresponsible sub-class.
Accountancy Age [08-05-2002] Bankruptcy
plans labelled 'ridiculous' (2%) Insolvency
experts brand plans to save bankrupts' family homes
as 'ridiculous and unworkable'. Accountancy
Age [07-06-2002] Time
to get personal (2%) The government's
insolvency figures published last week show a
steady and worrying rise in the number of people
declaring bankruptcy. Accountancy Age
[13-02-2003] Mayo
and ex-envoy to judge Accountancy Age Awards
(2%) The judging panel for this year's Accountancy
Age Awards has been finalised - with leading
finance directors, senior partners, regulators and
government officials among the high-profile members
of the panel. Accountancy Age
[08-08-2002] Profile:
Colin Haig - Glad to be an ex-president ( 1%)
Colin Haig, outgoing president of the Insolvency
Practitioners Association, describes himself as
just a 'regular guy'. But as you dig deeper into
his career you realise that is not quite the case.
Accountancy Age [03-04-2003] Judging
panel for the 2002 Accountancy Age Awards for
Excellence (1%) This year saw the Accountancy
Age Awards for Excellence put together one of
the strongest judging panels in its history. It
includes some of the most respected and
controversial names in practice, business and
regulations. The awards
shortlist for the awards is also one of the
most impressive yet seen and features some of the
most talked about and respected figures in their
sectors.Read on to see who made the decisions this
year. Accountancy Age
[14-09-2002] Andersen
chief head Top 50 poll (1%) Joe Berardino,
Andersen CEO, takes the top spot in this year's
Accountancy Age Top 50 most influential list, a
collection which this year includes a number of
insolveny experts and some tough enforcers.
Accountancy Age [02-01-2001] Andersen
chief head Top 50 poll (1%) Joe Berardino,
Andersen CEO, takes the top spot in this year's
Accountancy Age Top 50 most influential list, a
collection which this year includes a number of
insolveny experts and some tough enforcers.
Accountancy Age [01-01-2001] Andersen
chief tops accountancy poll (1%) Joe Berardino,
Andersen CEO, takes the top spot in this year's
Accountancy Age Top 50 most influential list, a
collection which this year includes a number of
insolveny experts and some tough enforcers.
Accountancy Age [09-01-2002] Financial
Power List 2003 (1%) Following a tumultous year
for the financial world, Accountancy Age
identifies the 50 people who will dominate
headlines this year. Accountancy Age
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