 When the firm went into receivership, 430 jobs were lost.The Legal Aid department petitioned the High Court to wind-up KPS's operations, so that former employees made redundant by its closure were able to claim ex-gratia payments from the Labour Department under the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund.Payments were supposed to have been made on 28 January 1999, but the wind-up of KPS was delayed due to technical issues.