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title: "Llanelli Scarlets Avoid Winding-up Order (HMRC Error)"
url: https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/llanelli-scarlets-avoid-winding-order-hmrc-error/
date: 2014-12-16
modified: 2026-06-02
author: "Winding-up Petition Lawyer"
description: "Llanelli based Scarlets' parent company Llanelli RFC Ltd avoided being wound up at the High Court in London on a petition that reportedly was wrongly issued by HMRC.  HMRC Winding-up..."
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  - "HMRC"
  - "HMRC Petitions"
  - "Insolvency"
  - "Winding-Up Petitions"
tags:
  - "Companies Court"
  - "HMRC"
  - "HMRC Winding-Up Petition"
  - "Insolvency"
  - "Rugby Clubs"
  - "Winding Up Petition"
  - "Winding-Up"
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---

# Llanelli Scarlets Avoid Winding-up Order (HMRC Error)

*Llanelli based Scarlets' parent company Llanelli RFC Ltd avoided being wound up at the High Court in London on a petition that reportedly was wrongly issued by HMRC. *

[![Scarlets Logo](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Scarlets-Logo-300x150.png)](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Scarlets-Logo.png)

## HMRC Winding-up Order 'in error'

The Scarlets parent company had been issued the winding-up petition by [Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)](http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/factsheets/ef6.pdf). However, on Monday 15 December 2014 at the [Companies Court](https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/rcj-rolls-building/bankruptcy-and-companies-court), Registrar Stephen Baister formally dismissed the petition, after it was [revealed](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/llanelli-scarlets-ward-winding-up-8291088) that an unpaid tax bill had never existed. HMRC's legal representatives formally requested dismissal at the hearing after the error emerged.

[A spokesman for the Scarlets has been reported as saying](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/llanelli-scarlets-ward-winding-up-8291088):

> *"It appears that in error, and unknown to the Scarlets, HMRC started a process of presenting a winding up petition against the Scarlets. **It was subsequently identified by HMRC that there was no outstanding debt due from the Scarlets and so it discontinued the process.*
>
> *As such, no notice of the petition was served on the Scarlets and the Scarlets were unaware of, and did not attend, today’s insolvency proceedings. **On further investigation, it is clear that HMRC has today simply attended court to formally request the dismissal of the process they initiated in error.*
>
> *The Scarlets would like to re-assure all our loyal customers and suppliers that this is an unfortunate mistake which has now been rectified by HMRC via the correct channels."*

## Winding-up Petition Solicitors

If you have received a winding up petition our legal experts are able to provide legal advice and representation. Our team of solicitors and barristers can obtain a [court adjournment](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/obtaining-an-adjournment-adjourning-winding-up-petition-lawyers-london/), CVA’s or successfully challenge the validity of the winding up petition to ensure that the petition is dismissed, often without public advertisement.