A decide has dismissed a chapter petition lodged by tax officers towards former Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes.
Judge Mark Mullen was instructed by an official from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at a listening to on Wednesday {that a} tax debt had been paid and a settlement reached.
But the decide was additionally knowledgeable that 60-year-old Barnes was dealing with one other declare from the liquidators of an organization he used to run, John Barnes Media Ltd.
Barrister Honor Brocklebank-Fowler, representing the corporate’s liquidators, mentioned a “director’s loan” was “outstanding”.
She instructed the courtroom the previous Liverpool winger had been the only director of the corporate, which went bust earlier this 12 months.
The barrister added the liquidators wished to lodge a separate chapter petition however did not say how a lot cash was concerned.
Judge Mullen dismissed the chapter petition lodged by HMRC and mentioned he would rethink the John Barnes Media liquidators’ declare on 22 January.
Barnes was not on the listening to in London nor was he represented by a lawyer.
Another decide thought of the HMRC declare at a listening to in September, the place it was mentioned Barnes owed £238,000.
Barrister Nathan Webb, who represented the ex-footballer at that listening to, instructed the decide that his shopper “just” wanted time to pay.
He mentioned Barnes was employed by Liverpool Football Club “on a salary of £200,000” and was “very well and able to pay”.
A special decide dismissed one other chapter petition lodged by tax officers towards Barnes in June.
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An HMRC official had indicated, throughout that earlier litigation, that the previous sportsman owed at the least £200,000 and mentioned the cash owed had been paid.
Barnes’ soccer profession spanned nearly 20 years as he performed for Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle and Charlton Athletic.
He received 79 England caps and later turned head coach at Celtic and Jamaica.
Barnes was declared bankrupt in 2009, days after he was fired as supervisor of Tranmere Rovers.
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