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Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
You have to present a bankruptcy petition to a court if you want to…
To make someone bankrupt you must be owed one of the following: at least…
You must check if the debtor has had any bankruptcy petitions against them…
The bankruptcy petition form you fill in depends on whether: the debtor…
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
This Data Usage Agreement to analyse vulnerable and overlapping debtors across a range of government departments and local authorities was approved and put in place in 2020.
Creditors can use Form Bank 1 to petition when debtors fail to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payment under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
If you owe someone money and they've taken you to court, use this form to list your finances and state whether you can pay the debt in full or in instalments.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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