Carillion

The Insolvency Service (IS) has ceased its pursuit of five former Carillion non-executive directors dropping the case last week just hours before a High Court test case was set to begin.

KPMG has been slapped with a record £21 million fine by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over its mishandling of the audits for Carillion, the government contractor that collapsed in 2018.

Richard Howson, the former chief executive officer of Carillion Plc until 2017, has been disqualified from acting as a director for eight years. An Insolvency Service spokesperson said: "The Insolvency Service, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, has accepted a disqual

Richard Adam, who served as group finance director for Carillion plc from 2007 to 2016, has been disqualified for a period of 12.5 years.

The former finance director of construction outsourcing firm Carillion, Zafar Khan, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for the next 11 years due to his role in misrepresenting the firm's financial health and sanctioning unwarranted dividends. The ban was confirmed by the Insolve

KPMG UK and the liquidators of Carillion have reached a settlement agreement, putting an end to the £1.3 billion legal claim against the professional services giant.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined three former executive directors of Carillion as part of its public censure on the firm.

KPMG has been fined £20 million by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) for its audits of Carillion and Regenersis. The £20m fine, which is the largest the big four firm has received in the UK, is part of sanctions for misconduct of audits carried out by KPMG for Carrilion and Regenersi

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is set to receive the entire £14.4 million fine imposed on KPMG last week for its role in the Carillion scandal. Last week, Scottish Financial News reported that KPMG was set to be fined after a Financial Reporting Council (FR

The liquidators of Carillion have launched a potential £250 million legal claim against KPMG - the former auditor of the collapsed contractor. The Official Receiver, the government agency in charge of liquidating Carillion, submitted a High Court legal claim against the firm on Friday. Full de

The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Executive Counsel has delivered a disciplinary Formal Complaint, under the Accountancy Scheme, against KPMG, a former KPMG partner and certain current and former KPMG employees.

Litigation Capital Management (LCM) has agreed to back a £250 million negligence claim against KPMG for its audits of Carillion. The litigation funder said it would fund a High Court claim brought by the liquidator of the collapsed contractors entities.

The UK Government has launched new legal action against eight former directors of failed contractor Carillion which could see them banned from running businesses for up to 15 years.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has indicated that rule breaches have been discovered in its investigation into KPMG’s audits of collapsed contractor Carillion.

The accountancy failures surrounding the collapse of Carillion are costing other firms with government contracts millions of pounds in annual audit fees.