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Updated: 16 October 2008

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A

After Acquired Property (July 2007)

Agents (September 2008)

Amend Description (June 2006)

Antecedent Recoveries (June 2004)

Annulments, Rescissions, Recalls And Stays

• Annulments, Rescissions and Recalls (June 2008) 
• Stay Of Advertisement (July 2008)
• Stay Of Proceedings (June 2008)

Assets Subject To Credit (September 2007)

 

B

Banks, Building Societies and Credit/Charge Cards (November 2005)

Book Debts (November 2007)

Books and Papers

• Receipts, handing, recording and destruction (December 2007)
• Request for information (December 2007)

 

C

Charging Orders (April 2007)

Closing a Case (September 2008)

Consolidations (January 2008)

 

D

Deceased Insolvents (September 2005)

Discharge From Bankruptcy (January 2008)

Disclaimers (September 2008)

Dissolution

• Early Dissolution (October 2007)
• Deferral of Dissolution. (November 2007)

Distress and Executions (February 2008)

• Part I - Distress
• Part II- Executions

Distributions

• Distributions – Bankruptcy and Companies (August 2008)
• Distributions – Partnerships (July 2008) 

E

Exempt Property (March 2007)

 

F

The Family Home (August 2008)

Fast Track IVAs (December 2006)

Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act (December 2004)

Freehold Property

• Jointly owned: Registering a Form J restriction (February 2006)
• Solely owned: Registration of a bankruptcy restriction (March 2006)
• Solely owned: Annex B36.03S

G

Gazetting and Advertising (June 2008)

 

I

Income Payments Agreements (June 2006)

Income Payments Orders (May 2007)

Individual Voluntary Arrangements (August 2004)

Initial Contact in Debtor's Petition Cases (January 2006)

Initial Enquiries (May 2007)

Initial Notices and Letters (June 2008)

Insolvency Practitioners

• Appointment by the Secretary of State (October 2006)
• Handover to IP (October 2006)

Insurance

• Life Policies (June 2008)
• Official Receiver’s Insurance (March 2006)

 

L

Leases with Value (September 2007)

Long-term Assets - formerly Protracted Realisations (September 2007)

 

M

Meetings

• First meeting generally (November 2007)
• No first meetings (August 2006)
• Calling a meeting (August 2006)
• Day of the meeting (August 2006)
• General Meetings (August 2006)
• Requisitioned Meetings (April 2007)
• Partnership Meetings (November 2007)

Motor Vehicles (March 2007)

 

N

New Case - Petitions (August 2007)

 

P

Partnerships (January 2008)

Pensions (November 2006)

• Introduction
• Part 1: Pensions (in cases where the bankruptcy petition was presented on or after 29 May 2000)
• Part 2: Pensions (in cases where the bankruptcy petition was presented before 29 May 2000)
• Part 3: Pensions in Companies
• Part 4 : Pensions Jargon Explained

Post

• Incoming post (November 2002)
• Outgoing post (November 2002)

Property Owned Outside England & Wales (See Timeshares July 2007)

Proofs and Proxies (May 2006)

Protracted realisations see Long-term assets

Public Examinations (April 2007)

 

R

Reports to Creditors (January 2006)

Restoration of Companies (February 2007)

Retention of Title (March 2000)

 

S

Sale of Bankrupt's Interest in jointly owned property (November 2007)

Sale of Bankrupt's Interest in solely owned property (November 2007)

Second and Subsequent Bankruptcies (April 2004)

Shares (October 2006)

 

T

Tax Refunds (November 2005)

Timeshares (July 2007)

 

V

VAT (November 2007)

 

W

Withdrawal of a caution or Form J restriction (March 2006)