A building contractor alleged to have “deliberately” and “wrongfully” petitioned to wind up a social housing provider in order to coerce the payment of €489,338 in invoices will now have to fight the claim in the big business division of the High Court. GDL Management Group Plc, based in Citywest, claims the move by the contractor, Bert’s Properties Ltd, to liquidate its business came when it was preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Dublin and was “acutely exposed” to reputational and regulatory harm.  The public company, based in Citywest, Dublin, is now suing the contractor for…

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