Shatter asks Britain to crack down on light-touch ‘bankruptcy tourism’

Pressure to crackdown on “bankruptcy tourism” is being applied to the British government by Justice Minister Alan Shatter.

Mr Shatter is alarmed at the number of Irish people seeking protection under Britain’s much more light-touch insolvency system.

The issue was raised at a meeting of EU justice ministers and Mr Shatter has lobbied the British government and senior Brussels figures for a more co-ordinated policy.