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This guidance is for undischarged bankrupts and explains your restrictions when a bankruptcy order is made against you.
Includes recovering debts, registering for bankruptcy and as a creditor
Includes bankruptcy, insolvency and recovering debt
Application form K16 for an official search for bankruptcy only
Creditors can use Form Bank 2 to petition when debtors fail to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payment under the Insolvency Act 1986.
A guide to what happens to a PPI claim after someone has been made bankrupt in England and Wales.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Form Bank 3: Creditor's bankruptcy petition where execution or other process on a judgment has been returned in whole or part.
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Bankruptcy Court. We handle petitions to bankrupt individuals living in London where a creditor has made the petition and is owed £50,000 or more. If the petition is less than...
Downloadable content explaining how bankruptcy works, how it can and can’t affect your life and how it compares to other debt relief options.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Get information on bankruptcy, redundancy, paying off your debts, company insolvency and misconduct of trading companies and partnerships.
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
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