Solicitors appoint liquidators

Kate Breese, insolvency practitioner of Walsh Taylor Business Support Group, based in Guiseley, was appointed liquidator of Wilsons Solicitors (2007) LLP this week.

Wilsons Solicitors (2007) LLP is a separate organisation from Law Offices (UK) Ltd, which practises as Wilsons Solicitors in West Yorkshire.

Simon Pass, director of Wilsons Solicitors, said: “Law Offices (UK) Ltd is not affected by the liquidation and continues to practice as Wilsons Solicitors, which has seven offices in Leeds and Bradford.”

Leeds-based Wilsons Solicitors (2007) LLP was wound up by way of compulsory liquidation in October last year following a petition by HM Revenue and Customs, said Walsh Taylor in a statement.

Wilsons Solicitors (2007) LLP had ceased to trade in April 2012. Mr Wilson was the managing partner.

Ms Breese said “My primary objectives here are to understand the reasons behind the LLP’s failure and to assess what assets can be realised to hopefully enable some return to the LLP’s creditors.”

In October last year, Mr Wilson was disqualified for seven years from acting as a company director after racking up a £600,000 unpaid tax bill. This came after an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

The case related to the Lawyours Limited Liability Partnership, a West Yorkshire firm established by Mr Wilson in 2007 to provide law administration support.

Lawyours, which had branches throughout the region, was wound up in June 2010 over tax arrears.