As regular readers of our blogs will know, a group claims procedure came into force in Scotland on 31 July 2020.

Our recent updates have explained the rise in instances of fraud and the civil litigation options open to victims of fraudulent conduct.

It’s been reported that the board of directors of AIM-listed Patisserie Holdings plc, which owns the Patisserie Valerie chain of cafés, was not aware for almost a month that HMRC had filed a petition at the High Court of England and Wales to wind up its main trading subsidiary, Stonebeach Limited.