Court claims, debt and bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy

  Bankruptcy is one way of dealing with your debts - bankruptcy register, bankruptcy forms and fees, petition the court, restrictions, discharge and your assets

• Make a money claim online

  How to take court action against someone who owes you money using the Money Claim Online (MCOL) website, how to register and where to get help making a money claim online

• Make a court claim for money

  How to take legal action if someone owes you money, how much it will cost, and what happens after you make a claim through the courts - small claims court

• Respond to a court claim for money

  What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself

• Options for paying off your debts

  Ways you can pay off your debts - alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors

• Options if you're owed money

  How to recover debt if someone owes you money - mediation, statutory demands, bankruptcy and winding up petitions, going to court

• County court judgments for debt

  What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get a CCJ set aside or to change what you pay, what happens if you don't pay and how to search the register of CCJs.

• Bailiff powers when they visit your home

  Your rights when bailiffs collect debts, entering your home and complain about private bailiffs, county court bailiffs or civilian enforcement officers

• Claiming money or property from a dissolved company

  How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need

• Complain about a claims company

  Contact your claims company or the Claims Management Regulator by phone or post to make a complaint

• Complain about a limited company

  You can complain to the Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office if you suspect a limited company of fraud or serious misconduct

• Complain about an insolvency practitioner or the Insolvency Service

  How to complain about the insolvency service or an insolvency practitioner, complain about unprofessional or unethical conduct or how your case has been handled

• Contact an Official Receiver

  Get contact details for Official Receivers in England and Wales

• Contact the Insolvency Service

  Get information and guidance on bankruptcy and company insolvency in England and Wales - telephone, email, opening hours, website

• Creditor bankruptcy petitions

  Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions

• Find a court or tribunal

  Use court finder to find a court in England and Wales or a tribunal in England, Wales and Scotland

• Find an insolvency practitioner

  Find a licensed insolvency practitioner in your area.

• Late commercial payments: charging interest and debt recovery

  Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments

• National Debtline

  Get free, confidential and independent advice on dealing with debt problems across the UK - telephone, fax, opening hours, website

• Possession Claim Online: recover property

  How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage

• Recover debt from elsewhere in the EU

  Debt recovery if you're owed money from people or businesses in another EU country - how to ask for a repayment

• Register as a creditor in a bankruptcy case

  If you're owed money in a bankruptcy or company liquidation case, use a Proof of Debt form to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed

• Report a loan shark

  Loan sharks are unregulated moneylenders - if you use or spot one you can report them anonymously

• Search the bankruptcy and insolvency register

  Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Fast-track Voluntary Arrangements

• Statutory demands

  Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send or cancel or set aside a statutory demand

• Wind up a company that owes you money

  How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed