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Learn about the bankruptcy process, relevant statutes and rules, types of petitions, pre-requisites for creditor's petition, responding to statutory demands, presentation of petitions, service of petition, responding to a petition, and alternative insolvency regimes.
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Bankruptcy: Procedure & Tactics 6 July 2016 Presented by James Pickering & Madeline Dixon
Introduction • This seminar • The relevant statutes and rules • Types of Petition • Jurisdiction
Pre-requisites for creditor’s petition • £5000 • Liquidated sum • Inability to pay • No outstanding application to set aside statutory demand
Statutory demands • Information • Service • Substituted service
Responding to a statutory demand • Counterclaim, set off or cross claim • Disputed debt • Creditor holds security • Other grounds • Procedure
Other points for creditors • Judgment debts • Security
Presentation of petition • Forum • Contents • Timing • Documents
Service of petition • Personal service • Order for substituted service • Proof of service
Further documents • Certificate of continuing debt • List of creditors
Responding to a petition • Fight • Technical grounds • Substantive grounds • Negotiate • Time to pay • Alternative insolvency regimes
Alternative insolvency regimes • IVA • Administration Order • Debt Relief Order
After the bankruptcy order • Appeal • Annulment • Review, rescind or vary
Bankruptcy: Procedure & Tactics 6 July 2016 Presented by James Pickering & Madeline Dixon