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Extended bankruptcy for former kennels owner


The former owner of a kennel from which animals were removed over welfare concerns has had her bankruptcy restrictions extended after failing to disclose property she owned. Jodie Annabel Fairbrother (40), from


Immingham, Lincolnshire, was the former owner of a boarding kennels in South Killingholme. The business traded from Janika Boarding Kennels under the name ‘4Paws’ and provided animal transport, boarding kennels and a veterinary clinic. In March 2018, 4Paws was subject to


visits from the RSPCA and the police over animal welfare concerns. Over 100 animals were removed and Jodie Fairbrother later closed the business before applying for bankruptcy in November 2018. Having been previously bankrupt in 2005,


Ms Fairbrother would have been aware that she was required to inform the Official Receiver about any assets she owned, including property. However, she failed to declare that she jointly owned the boarding kennels 4Paws had been trading from. Following a tip-off, the Official Receiver


later confirmed that Ms Fairbrother jointly owned the property. But throughout the investigation, the


former business-owner denied she was the property’s owner and claimed instead she was a tenant even after being shown copies of the land registry. Further investigations discovered that a


month before she applied to be bankrupt, Ms Fairbrother sold her stake in the property in October 2018 and had received thousands of pounds in return. The secretary of state has since accepted a


bankruptcy restrictions undertaking from Ms Fairbrother where she voluntarily accepted she failed to declare the property owned to the Official Receiver. The bankruptcy restrictions, effective


from 28 March 2019, last for seven years and prohibit Jodie Fairbrother from several activities, including acting as a director of a company without permission from the court and attempting to borrow more than


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£500 without declaring restrictions she is subject to. Gerard O’Hare, official receiver, said:


“This case has seen a litany of offences carried out by Jodie Fairbrother and then she thought she could hide assets, preventing her creditors from receiving the money they are rightfully owed. “Seven years of extended bankruptcy


restrictions is a significant ban and not only seriously confines Jodie Fairbrother’s conduct going forward but should also act as a warning to those who attempt to defraud their creditors by hiding their assets.” Meanwhile, a Swindon business owner


has been disqualified from running limited companies for six years after he caused two waste companies to breach environmental regulations. Lee Averies (49), from Wanborough,


Wiltshire, has been banned for six years after he signed a disqualification undertaking in connection with his misconduct while director of Averies Recycling (Swindon) Ltd and Swindon Skips Ltd. Each company


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ran waste treatment and transfer sites in Swindon, Wiltshire. In his undertaking, Lee Averies did not


dispute that he caused Averies Recycling to breach environmental legislation at the Marshgate site in Swindon. The company was deemed to have held


amounts of waste in excess of their permitted allowance at the site, which suffered a fire between July and September 2014. Lee Averies did not dispute in his


undertaking that his misconduct caused the second company, Swindon Skips, to also breach environmental legislation. The Environment Agency found that


Swindon Skips, which has also had a fire on its Brindley Close site in November 2013, had maintained inadequate security, stored waste where it was not permitted and failed to implement adequate fire breaks. Effective from 1 April 2019, Lee Averies


is banned for six years from directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission of the court, in the promotion, formation or management of a company.


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