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How to apply for redundancy payments when your employer is insolvent: Guidance collection.
Reusing a company name is prohibited and subject to specific restrictions.
Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) is used when a company can pay its debts but the members (shareholders) want to close it.
Information on dealing with applications for appeal, stay or rescission of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order. Includes information on orders protecting persons at risk of violence.
Employment law and insolvency
Interviewing bankrupts and directors, including taking statements to record information obtained
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Guidance on property which falls outside the bankruptcy estate and dealing with claims that property is excluded.
This document contains information related to the effect of a disqualification order.
Update: 22 September 2025 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
Distribution by means of a dividend or division of property
Actions to take in the initial stages of a bankruptcy including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Actions to take in the initial stages of a company winding-up, including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Powers, duties and functions of the Official Receiver including situations where those powers are limited by law or by internal operational rules
The law states you must keep a record of any money you borrow from, or pay into, your company. Our fact sheet tells you more about director's loan accounts.
This chapter provides guidance on partnerships. It covers both general partnerships and limited partnerships but not limited liability partnerships (LLPs), which are covered in chapter 53.
Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc
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