No relief for bankrupt error man

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An Aberdeen businessman wrongly made bankrupt more than four years ago has told BBC Scotland he is still waiting for justice.

Edward Fowler lost his employment agency when HM Revenue and Customs made a mistake over a £37,000 VAT bill.

It is two years since the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman began investigating his case.

They want him to prove the agency, A T Personnel, was viable, despite it still thriving under new ownership.

Sequestration order

It is more than four years since HM Customs and Excise made Mr Fowler bankrupt over the VAT bill, which had already been paid.

Mr Fowler said that at the time it was too costly for someone left without any money, business or home to have the court sequestration order recalled.

Nine months later, Customs and Excise admitted it had made an error but Mr Fowler has been waiting for the return of money.

After two years of investigation, the parliamentary ombudsman has given Mr Fowler the task of proving the business he lost was viable.