Overview
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave), Bankruptcy, Debt, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 1977 (USA), Supreme Court of the United States, United States bankruptcy court
The published judgment in Abbey Forwarding[1] will not make for comfortable reading for HMRC. Having instigated the winding up of a profitable business, which led to the dismissal of 23 employees, and accused innocent directors of fraud, HMRC then withdrew all assessments made against the company and attempted to avoid undertakings it had given to the court when seeking the original winding up order.