Hawthorne (Michael) v The North West Fund for Business Loans LLP Acting by New Loans Ltd and The Official Receiver for Northern Ireland
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Master Kelly |
| Judgment Date | 07 June 2019 |
| Neutral Citation | [2019] NIMaster 8 |
| Court | High Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 07 June 2019 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2019] NIMaster 8
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: 2019NIMASTER8
Delivered 07/06/2019
2014/43262
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
CHANCERY DIVISION (BANKRUPTCY)
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BETWEEN:
MICHAEL HAWTHORNE
Applicant:
and
1. THE NORTH WEST FUND FOR BUSINESS LOANS LLP ACTING BY
NEW LOANS LIMITED
2. THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
Respondents:
MASTER KELLY
Introduction
[1] In this matter Mr Michael Hawthorne, also known as Dr Michael Hawthorne
(“the applicant”), seeks two limbs of relief. The first is that the bankruptcy order
made against him by this court on 6th January 2016 is annulled under article 256(1)(a)
of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“the Order”) which provides that:
“—(1) The High Court may annul a bankruptcy
order if it at any time appears to the Court—
(a) that, on any grounds existing at the time the
order was made, the order ought not to have
been made,”
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