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Payments to former shareholders/liquidators of dissolved companies
How the Crown Solicitor makes discretionary payments to former shareholders/liquidators of a dissolved company.
Who deals with bankruptcy and company liquidation claims?
The role of the official receiver, insolvency practitioner, trustee and liquidator, and relevant costs and fees
Making a bankruptcy or company liquidation claim
Submitting a proof of debt form for your claim
Creditors' meetings and creditors'/liquidation committees
Procedures for calling a meeting of creditors and for appointing a creditors' committee or liquidation committee
Conduct and voting at creditors' meetings
What happens at a first meeting of creditors, how an insolvency practitioner is appointed and the rules on voting
Completion of bankruptcy and company liquidation cases
How the official receiver or insolvency practitioner is released from the case and your right to object
Order of priority for repayment of creditors
The strict order of priority in which creditors are repaid
Ensuring you are registered as a creditor
How to find contact details for the official receiver or insolvency practitioner dealing with your debtor's case
Business exit strategy: float your business on the stock market
Characteristics your business will need to attract venture capital investment or for a stock-market flotation.
How do I wind up a company?
How to petition the High Court or a county court for a winding-up order against a company
What happens at a winding-up hearing?
Information on the court procedures at a winding-up hearing
Support for winding up a company that owes you money
Sources of information on compulsory winding-up proceedings
What is a statutory demand
What a statutory demand is and how long it can last
Serving a statutory demand
How to serve a statutory demand depending on who you are serving it on
Proof of serving a statutory demand
When you need to prove you have served a statutory demand, and when you may need a statement of truth
Steps to serve a winding-up petition
How to present a winding-up petition to the court and how to serve a winding-up petition on the debtor company
After serving a winding-up petition
What to do after you have served a winding-up petition on a debtor company
What happens after a winding-up order is made?
What happens to a company after the court makes a winding-up order against it
Business exit strategy: close your business
Overview of the circumstances in which you may close your business and the practicalities of how to go about it.
Information a statutory demand should contain
The required contents of a statutory demand, and the forms you need to use