OcUK Private Detectives... I need your help!
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Careful of the Data protection act unless this is information is freely available in the public domain. He could quite easily sue for damages as an infringement.
As 2blue4u has stated you'll need to tie him to the company, one other way about this is to show he has used the company as a money laundering front. Currently that point has not been covered in a court of law (so you can't state this is the case) although the police/trading standards may be interested in his activities..
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Depends on the creditors list. You may be so far down it that you'll get nothing. Best talk to the Citizens Advice Bureau about this.
He is the 100% shareholder in the company, it's obvious that the company is tied to him, as there is nobody else involved apart from one other person who was appointed the "secretary" according to the reports from CompaniesHouse.
So basically are you saying that anybody could just start up a limited company, charge their customers in advance for 2 years' services through this company, then run off after 6 months, and nobody can touch you because this limited company acts as some kind of magical shield?
If it's legal and there's no way for your customers to get their money back, then why doesn't everyone do this? This is "legal theft", surely? I refuse to believe there aren't legislative measures put in place which prevents the owners of companies from doing this. This guy has started dozens of limited companies and owned several online businesses over the years, surely he's nothing but a crook?
Sounds like easy money to me.Did this contain the information I need? I don't want to speak to him directly, I want to send bailiffs to his registered address but need to know if he still lives there.
I am fairly sure your drifting into legendary status in my books with that EA thread.
Yes. There must be at least one member to form the company and the sole member must be over 16 years of age. If he's so young he cannot read properly, he can buy ready made entities on the spot, there is plenty being sold with website, some number crunching company doing taxes for few pennies a month and pretty mail box address. Shareholders, even sole shareholders are not personally responsible for the company's debts.
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There are certain situations the courts can lift the 'veil of incorporation', but generally this is true. He is not required to pay you, only the company is. If the company is now liquidated, you're stuffed - unless you can take him to court on the basis of fraudulent or wrongful trading (which would mean he'd have to personally put his hand in his pocket, and he'd be disqualified from being a director in future).
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