Sentences with phrase «of wrongful trading»

Judge Snowdon's subsequent judgment clarifies that, even where there is a finding of wrongful trading, it is possible that administrators» and liquidators» costs will not be recovered.

Not exact matches

The African Slave Trade justified by some verses of the Bible was in fact a violation of the law the used to justify this wrongful behavior (you could not buy or sell kidnapped people).

In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.

Kevin has enjoyed a diverse practice in all areas of personal injury litigation including legal malpractice, accounting malpractice, products liability, motor vehicle accidents involving both commercial and private passenger vehicles, wrongful death, unfair trade practice matters, and premises liability.

Simon regularly provides specialist insolvency advice to insolvency practitioners, banks and company directors on a range of issues arising from corporate insolvency including gratuitous alienation and unfair preferences claims, retention of title, landlord's hypothec, wrongful trading and directors» duties and disqualification issues.

While the guarantee pay increases from # 27 to # 28 per day, the minimum basic amount (in cases where a wrongful dismissal occurs, by the virtue of trade union, health, and safety, occupational pension trustee or employee representative reasons) will increase from # 5,970 to # 6,203.

She has a wide range of experience representing clients in contractual disputes and business disputes in Texas, as well as in cases pending throughout the United States, involving product liability, including pharmaceutical product liability, commercial and creative contract negotiations and claims, wrongful death, toxic torts, mass torts, environmental exposures, technology matters, premises liability, deceptive trade practices, and warranty claims.

The allegations also charged both Davol and C.R. Bard with the deceptive trade practices, fraud, wrongful death, negligence and product liability because of the defect and the concealment of the problems.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

The provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986, ss 231/4 to order a contribution towards a company's assets on a winding up for fraudulent and wrongful trading respectively are untouched.

Susanne Ingold («Susie») practices in all areas of labor and employment law and litigation, including employment discrimination law, risk management, executive employment contracts, personnel policies and manuals, wrongful termination, trade secrets / non-compete agreements, sexual harassment, drug and alcohol testing, and wage and hour law.

Carlyle Capital Corporation v Conway (2011 - 2016)[2013] 2 Lloyd's Rep 179 Instructed on behalf of the liquidators of a collapsed investment fund in substantial claims in the Guernsey Royal Court against the former directors and managing agents of the fund for breach of duty, misfeasance, negligence and wrongful trading.

He handles copyright, trademark, right of publicity, false advertising, trade secret and patent disputes, protecting valuable intellectual property rights from would - be infringers and defending clients against wrongful accusations of infringement.

Serve as national counsel for many of the largest chemical companies and the industry trade association in a significant number of wrongful death claims involving vinyl chloride.

She represents employers in litigation involving claims of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, unfair competition, defamation and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Our attorneys also handle breach of contract claims when there has been wrongful use or disclosure of a trade secret.

Mr. Moreno has successfully represented clients in claims involving breach of contract, unfair business practices, false advertising, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, wrongful foreclosure, unfair debt collection, unfair credit reporting, unjust enrichment, misappropriation of trade secrets, quiet title, emotional distress, and receiverships, among others.

Amy's practice extends into the civil courts where she has represented clients in claims of discrimination, wrongful dismissal and matters involving breaches of covenant such as confidentiality and restraint of trade.

While there are some dissenting cases, such as the decision of Justice Pitt in Webster v Almore Trading & Manufacturing Co, 2010 ONSC 3854, it would be prudent for any lawyer or plaintiff to ensure that their wrongful dismissal lawsuits are started within two years of notice of termination.

The firm has tried and / or arbitrated cases involving claims for wrongful termination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, racial discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, ERISA violations, sexual harassment, breach of contract, trade secret theft, defamation, violation of family leave laws, whistleblower (including Sarbanes - Oxley Act and Dodd - Frank Act) and many other claims.

Assisting in relation to claims for misfeasance, breach of duty and asset recovery claims (preferences, transactions at undervalue, wrongful trading or fraudulent trading)

Mr. Hensley's litigation experience is broad in nature, encompassing such diverse practice areas as: real estate issues of almost any nature; construction defect litigation (both plaintiff and defense, representing developers, contractors, managers, subcontractors, and design professionals); federal and state securities class action / derivative defense; partnership / corporate governance issues; UCC / commercial paper / letter of credit issues; intellectual property / trade secret / unfair competition issues; wrongful termination / harassment trials; wage / hour class action defense; contract formation and interpretation issues; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; health care disputes; telecommunications issues; and debtor / creditor financing issues involving both secured and unsecured interests.

Ms. Miller provides clients with advice concerning Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, defamation, non-compete, and trade secret cases.

He advises regularly on claims for wrongful trading, preferences, undervalue transactions, illegal dividends and breaches of duty / misfeasance.

Ms. Grant represents employers in a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, fraud, wage and hour, public policy violations, defamation, invasion of privacy, and trade secret / unfair competition.

A recent example of Anne's work was a project involving researching and writing numerous briefs for the plaintiff international food company in a case brought against the U.S. Trade Representative for damages arising from the wrongful imposition of retaliatory duties, which the plaintiff food company won on summary judgment.

When dealing with pre-insolvency issues, we work with both creditors and debtors addressing issues prior to the onset of insolvency such as wrongful and fraudulent trading issues, as well as directors» liability issues.

We provide advice that covers all aspects of insolvency disputes, from asset investigations and realisations from debtors and delinquent directors on behalf of office holders, to wrongful trading advice to boards of companies and retention of title, asset removal, dividend claims by creditors and defending winding - up petitions.

On top of that, the liquidator is keeping an eye out for any one of the various potential claims that can be made out against a director under the Insolvency Act 1986 (wrongful trading, fraudulent trading, misfeasance, preference payments).

Kristen's litigation experience includes representing individual and corporate clients in cases involving claims of breach of contract, consumer fraud, unfair trade practices, violation of federal and state credit reporting laws, violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, professional negligence, business torts, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, violation of wage and hour law, and violation of non-competition and confidentiality agreements.

We advised the director of a large tour operator on proposed claims by the administrators for wrongful trading, breaches of statutory and fiduciary duties and preference payments.

In September 2008, a California commuter train engineer missed a stop signal while trading text messages with a friend, leading to a train accident resulting in the wrongful death of 25 people.

This includes charges before the EEOC and state fair employment practice agencies; wrongful termination, discharge, employment discrimination, wage / hour, wrongful discharge and breach of contract claims in federal and state courts; prosecuting and defending claims for enforcement of non-competition agreements and trade secret rights; and arbitrations under employment and collective bargaining agreements.

Our Employment Litigation lawyers represent employers in the enforcement of non-competition and trade secrets agreements, discrimination and harassment claims, wrongful dismissal cases and related mediation processes.

Michael focuses on discrete insolvency matters, advising insolvency practitioners and individuals on court - related matters including: the prosecution and defence of antecedent transaction claims; claims for misfeasance and wrongful and fraudulent trading; emergency action and injunction work; asset - tracing and protection; and more diverse court applications under the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986.

She handles a wide range of matters, including those involving claims of discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation; wage and hour violations; independent contractor misclassification; wrongful termination in violation of public policy; whistleblower and other retaliation claims; breach of contract; unfair competition; defamation; and misappropriation of trade secrets.

- The law lords have separated inducing breach of contract from wrongful interference with trade, and rejected a long stream of authority starting with some dicta in Allen v Flood supporting the unified theory.