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Actions to take in the initial stages of a bankruptcy including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
This guidance is for undischarged bankrupts and explains your restrictions when a bankruptcy order is made against you.
Template for a bankruptcy application for an order for non-disclosure of current address in relation to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
How to claim money back from a person that is bankrupt or a company that is in liquidation.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
This page provides a single entry point for tools and information for debt advisers.
Downloadable content explaining how bankruptcy works, how it can and can’t affect your life and how it compares to other debt relief options.
Ad-Hoc Management Information release on levels of statutory fee recovery made on bankruptcy and compulsory liquidation cases from 2017/18 to 2021/22
Information on dealing with applications for appeal, stay or rescission of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order. Includes information on orders protecting persons at risk of violence.
Form Bank 4: Bankruptcy petition for default in connection with voluntary arrangement.
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
Restrictions have been secured against people who falsely applied for Bounce Back Loans.
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
Discharge from bankruptcy, including suspending a bankrupt's period of discharge in cases of non-cooperation
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