Harlequin Management Services (South East), which trades as Harlequin Property, has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the High Court of Justice.
The intention is to appoint Shipleys as administrator, according to a court document which was signed by Carol Ames, wife of Harlequin director David Ames and also a director of the company. An interim moratorium is now in place with the effect that legal action can not be taken against the company at the present time, a letter from Harlequin seen by IFAonline said. Harlequin Property has been dogged by problems in recent months. This month the UK-based overseas property sales agent that is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation, lost its second auditor in unde...
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