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Guidance on the official receivers' duty to deal with the books and records of insolvents.
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
Companies become insolvent for a variety of reasons. What happens next will depend on the individual circumstances involved.
This guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
Dealing with an insolvent's solely-owned property where the property has or had tenants
Information about the public register of bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements
We can investigate companies that have been dissolved without entering into formal insolvency proceedings
Insolvency rules, regulations and orders
Dealing with a failure to co-operate by company officers, partners and bankrupts.
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings 鈥� which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidatio鈥�
What insolvency means for limited companies and their directors.
This page provides a single entry point for tools and information for and about insolvency practitioners.
Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc
This chapter provides advice on dealing with pensions
An insolvency practitioner is not qualified to act in relation to a company or individual unless there is in force security (a bond).
Guidance on dealing with the interaction between the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Insolvency Act 1986.
Discharge from bankruptcy, including suspending a bankrupt's period of discharge in cases of non-cooperation
Information on dealing with HM Land Registry
Crown departments
How you might know if your company is in distress.
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