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This page provides guidance for insolvency practitioners who need to set up a case with the Redundancy Payments Service.
Employment issues
Reusing a company name is prohibited and subject to specific restrictions.
Use the checklist when completing your application for financial assistance for making redundancy payments.
This page provides a full list of published guidance about the following processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service:
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
Sending your confirmation statements.
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Information on the Taking Control of Goods Act and other remedies available to creditors.
This guide explains the role of the insolvency service in investigating phoenixism
Insolvency and your limited company.
Interviewing bankrupts and directors, including taking statements to record information obtained
Guidance on obtaining information from third parties and the disclosure of information (including Legal Professional Privilege).
Guidance on dealing with the interaction between the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Insolvency Act 1986.
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
This chapter provides advice on dealing with pensions
This guide provides information for anyone who wishes to complain about the conduct of an insolvency practitioner (IP)
What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
Dealing with an insolvent's goods that are subject to a retention of title clause, including verifying the validity of the clause
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
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