Personal Insolvency Practice: Litigation, Procedure and Precedents

The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 introduced comprehensive changes to the practice, precedents and procedures - the biggest change to insolvency for over 20 years. This new edition of Personal Insolvency Practice is a comprehensive starting point for all practitioners, whether solicitors or barristers. Up-to-date and practical, this book provides an easy to follow, `how to do it' guide for all the common court applications in personal insolvency. Covering areas as diverse as statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, interim orders, permission to act as a director, setting aside preferences and transactions at an under-value and appeals, and challenging Debt Relief Orders, Personal Insolvency Practice gives the inside track on what the court will expect both in terms of practice and evidence. Packed with precedents, forms, checklists and statutory extracts, Personal Insolvency Practice ensures the busy practitioner has everything they need to prepare and present the most common insolvency applications. Now fully updated, this book will prove an invaluable reference for insolvency practitioners along with its companion text Corporate Insolvency Practice.

1 Statutory Demand 2 Application to Set Aside a Statutory Demand 3 Creditor's Bankruptcy Petition 4 Responding to a Creditor's Petition: Notice to attend at the Hearing of a Petition 5 Responding to a Petition: Application for a Validation Order 6 Application to Annul a Bankruptcy Order 7 Application to Rescind a Bankruptcy Order 8 Application for Permission to Act as a Director of a Company Notwithstanding Bankruptcy 9 Application for Directions by a Trustee in Bankruptcy 10 Application to Appoint an Interim Receiver 11 Application for Compensation Against a Trustee In Bankruptcy 12 Application for an Order for the Sale of the Bankrupt's Home 13 Application for an Interim Order In Support of an Individual Voluntary Arrangement 14 Application for Leave to Enforce Security or Seek Possession Despite an Interim Order 15 Application to Challenge Decisions Made by a Meeting for an Individual Voluntary Arrangement 16 Application to Challenge Decisions in Respect of a Debt Relief Order 17 Application for an Income Payment Order 18 Application for a Private Examination 19 Application for a Declaration That a Transaction is Invalidated by Virtue of Section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 20 Application to Set Aside a Transaction at an Undervalue 21 Application to Set Aside a Preference 22 Application to Set Aside a Transaction Defrauding Creditors 23 Appeal Against the Order of a Registrar 24 Toolkit