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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.
The insolvency practitioner (IP) rota is used in the distribution of insolvency cases by the official receiver.
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
If you’ve decided that setting up a company and becoming a director is the best way forward for your business, it’s important to know the rules involved.
Guidance on requiring and submission of statements of affairs and further accounts.
Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc
This chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every type of asset, instead it provides information relating to assets most likely to be encountered by the official receiver but that are not covered elsewhere in th…
Dealing with a Debt Relief Order (DRO) including application process
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
If the official receiver feels that someone who is bankrupt has been dishonest, the court can make a bankruptcy restrictions order.
We can investigate companies that have been dissolved without entering into formal insolvency proceedings
The law states you must keep a record of any money you borrow from, or pay into, your company. Our fact sheet tells you more about director's loan accounts.
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings – which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidatio…
Crown departments
These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.
Guidance on the options for managing a company's insolvency.
Companies become insolvent for a variety of reasons. What happens next will depend on the individual circumstances involved.
Compulsory liquidation occurs when a court orders the liquidation of a company.
Understanding the process when the Insolvency Service investigates your conduct as director of an insolvent company.
Directors are required to submit records for tax, VAT and company information.
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