I saw a bumper sticker that said "I'll believe corporations are people when the State of Texas executes one."
Hey you guys, we're waiting.
If it is any small consolation I killed a company last month. Silly people in control did not want to pay my client so we issued a thing called a "statutory demand".
A stat demand is a nasty piece of fairly old law, essentially if the company served with a stat demand does not seek to have the demand set aside before 14 days after being served then the company is insolvent at law, no matter how much money it has in the bank or what assets it owns.
The silly sole director thought it was a big joke, after all his company is/was worth millions and it only owed my client a bit over $5k.
What he didn't count on was my client's willingness to go the distance (the costs far exceeded the debt owed to him) and as a result just on 7 weeks ago the winding-up application succeeded and a Liquidator was appointed.
The director (who is also the major shareholder) was able to negotiate a settlement with the liquidator, but by the time he paid the liquidator, his own lawyers (belatedly engaged), my client (including his costs [namely me]) the little exercise cost him the thick end of $50k, all because he thought he would be a big tough bad-ass bully and not pay a $5k bill.
Sometimes work can be very satisfying.
