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Midlands firm that once rewarded staff with extra unpaid leave has entered administration after the breakdown of a deal to settle debts. According to a notice placed in the London Gazette this month, DBS Law Limited appointed administrators on 9 October. A spokesperson for the firm said it remains open for business and a buyer has already been lined up to acquire the practice, which has offices in Birmingham and Nottingham. Documents filed with Companies House confirm the administration came following the failure of a company voluntary arrangement designed to pay creditors owed money by DBS. The Gazette understands the appointment of administrators was made weeks after the suspension of one of the firm's directors, Davinder Singh Bal, admitted 1997, following a hearing at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Bal was alleged to have allowed a shortage of more than £100,000 to exist upon the client account of DBS law Ltd as of 30 October 2015, which remained unremedied at least a year later. It was also alleged that over the course of almost four years, DBS Law received payments of commission worth £154,000 in relation to the referral of clients from a claims management company. Bal was alleged to have approved correspondence to clients which contained inadequate information concerning their entitlement to payments of commission. https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/high-profile-midlands-firm-enters-administration-after-director-banned/5068134.article