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Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings

If the official receiver feels that someone who is bankrupt has been dishonest, the court can make a bankruptcy restrictions order.

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For information about the insolvency process contact the Insolvency Service helpline. The helpline is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 3pm on Friday.

We can give you information about processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service. This includes bankruptcy, debt relief orders and company liquidations.

We cannot give you: legal or financial advice, information on specific insolvency cases, information or advice about other government departments or information about redundancy payments.

If you are contacting about an existing bankruptcy or compulsory company liquidation case, use our ‘contact an official receiver’ guidance.

We can give you general information about: insolvency, redundancy, what official receivers do, what redundancy payments offices do and where you can go to get the information or advice you need.

We can’t give you: legal or financial advice, information on specific insolvency cases, information or advice on matters directly relating to other government departments.

Published 22 December 2015
Last updated 4 April 2017 + show all updates
  1. Title change

  2. Amendment made to second bullet point of paragraph 6

  3. First published.