When a company gets made bankrupt?any redress with new company formed

[devonvalley]

A company we were due to sue in court and we had a very strong case, was made bankrupt by another company- three weeks before our court day! This company had a a order of bankruptcy for only a year, now he has started up a new building company just with a minor change to the previous company title!Do we have anyway of getting the monies owed /compensation due to us or because he was made bankrupt that's it?

No the two companies are seperate. You could still try and sue the old company if it has any assets left but probably not worth the hassle or the money.

You started off talking about 'a company' being made bankrupt but then say 'he was made bankrupt'. Can you be more precise and specific please? Was it a company or a person?

If you mean the original set-up, a Limited Company, was liquidated; can we claim against the new set-up, a new Limited Company set up by the same Director, then the answer is 'no'. The two companies are separate legal entities - you cannot chase the debts of one to the other. After all, that is the whole point of Limited Companies. As they say, the clue is in the name: the liability is limited.

Thanks so far.It was against the company,he was director of. So no chance of getting the £30k back then.....

Just check that the contract was with the company and not him personally.

Was with the company....(Rogue Traders number?.....)