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Information for Insolvency Practitioners
This guide is for people who want to practise as an insolvency practitioner under the provisions of EU Directives 2005/36 & 2006/123.
Guidance on who may be called before the court for a private examination and the procedures involved.
This section is not allocated a topic
Guidance about the requirement for independent scrutiny of disposals of company assets in an administration.
This document contains guidance notes for the completion of statutory reports and returns related to the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
Professional bodies that are recognised to authorise (licence) insolvency practitioners under the Insolvency Act 1986
Guidance for insolvency officeholders regarding the applicable frameworks in different EU member states
Online bankruptcy application: Guidance for debt advisers.
Thomas Cook Group plc and certain subsidiaries (in Compulsory Liquidation) (the Companies) Creditor Information Sheet as at 11 April 2023.
If the official receiver decides a person with a debt relief order has been dishonest, the court can make a debt relief restrictions order.
The attached victims’ code guidance sets the standards of service victims of crime can expect from the Insolvency Service in criminal investigations.
This guidance is for holders of a qualifying floating charge who appoint an administrator at a time when the courts are closed for business.
The Official Receiver's role in voluntary arrangements
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