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Eric, that is illegal in the UK. A criminal offence; section 40,1,a of the administration of justice act 1970 I think from memory... Amazing! Yes, I was right.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/31/part/V
I came across this when somebody bounced a cheque on me and I 'mentioned' it to a mutual friend. I got my money but also a stern warning from the mutual friend, who happened to be a solicitor.
That's why debt collectors use unmarked vans and letters are marked for addressee only, It is an offence to 'shame' a debtor, like the practice of pinning bounced cheques on shop notice boards.
Had the debtor known about that, whoever placed that public notice on the website could have been in hot water.
Interesting. I guess in hindsight he should have just pulled the homepage and let the company suffer sales loss due to a 'technical breakdown'.
I had one small company, who was owed money by another bigger company, present them with winding up papers ( effectively declaring them bankrupt) ....that worked quickly too!
Lack of knowledge is a wonderful thing.
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Eric