Guidance
Guidance on personal debt relief options, company liquidation, investigation and enforcement.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to the Insolvency Service
Debt relief options
- Options for dealing with debts (interactive tool explaining some of the options available given your circumstances)
- Options for paying off your debts
- Getting a Debt Relief Order
- Guide to Bankruptcy
Information for creditors
- Options if you’re owed money
- Claim money back from a bankrupt person or company in compulsory liquidation: guidance for creditors
- Register as a creditor in a bankruptcy or liquidation
- Apply to bankrupt someone who owes you money
- Wind up a company that owes you money
- Make and serve a statutory demand, or challenge one
- How to wind up an insolvent partnership
Company insolvency
- Options when a company is insolvent
- Guide to liquidation (winding up) for directors (including reuse of a company name)
- Re-use of company names
Redundancy
Director disqualification
- Company director disqualification
- Corporate insolvency: effect of a disqualification order
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and failed companies
Restrictions orders and undertakings
Company investigations and enforcement
- Company investigations - what we do
- Insolvent Company Investigations
- Reporting misconduct by companies, directors and bankrupts to the Insolvency Service
Criminal enforcement
- Going to court as a victim or witness
- Get support as a victim of crime
- Code of practice for victims of crime
- guidance for victims of crime
General
Published 6 April 2017
