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Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
You can make a statutory demand to ask for payment of a debt from an…
Choose the form you need, fill it in and deliver (‘serve’) it to the…
You must deliver (‘serve’) the statutory demand form by: giving it to the…
If you do not agree with a statutory demand you’ve been given, you can…
Contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line for information about delivering and…
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
If a limited company owes you money, you can use Form SD1 (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
An analysis of monetary policy in low-income countries, with an application to Kenya
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Estimates are the means of obtaining from Parliament, the legal authority to consume resources and spend cash the government needs to finance department's agreed spending programme
Find out what information you must send with a transfer of funds if you’re a payment service provider.
How your local council can help if you're struggling to pay Council Tax - and what action they can take to get any money you owe from you
Apply for a payment out of Court Funds Office paid in by a defendant to settle a court case
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
This note responds to demand from FCDO country offices for guidance on measuring and maximising value for money (VfM).
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