Liquidators flag ‘serious problems’ with developer that borrowed from Graeme Hart

Liquidators flag ‘serious problems’ with developer that borrowed from Graeme Hart
David Williams and his wife, Fiona Williams. (Image: Norrie Montgomery)
Gregor Thompson
The liquidators of a defunct property business, which lists rich-lister Graeme Hart as a creditor, have reported potential misconduct to the Registrar of Companies. On March 12, residential developer Buildform was placed into liquidation by its sole director and shareholder, David Paul Williams.In their sixth monthly liquidator report, Andrew McKay and Rees Logan of BDO said their investigations into matters before liquidation had “identified issues”.They said they had reported those issues to the Registrar of Companies &l...

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