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Insolvency practitioners who are appointed to a company as administrative receiver, administrator, or liquidator in a creditors' voluntary liquidation are required to submit information on the conduct of the directors of the company to the Disqualification Unit of the Depa

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

• matters arising from the fees workshop
• desktop monitoring
• disqualification forms (D1 & D2)

This statement has been prepared to summarise what is considered to be the best practice to be adopted by receivers of the assets of companies where any of those assets are subject to a floating charge so that the office holder has legal obligations to creditors whose debts ar

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

This statement has been produced in recognition of the fact that the acquisition of assets of insolvent and prospectively insolvent businesses by directors may give rise to concerns that assets may have been disposed of at less than market value.

This statement concentrates on creditors' meetings held under Article 84 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.

The following issue is dealt with in this letter:-

• the Insolvency Regulations (NI) 1996 and the abolition of the requirement to submit an annual account of receipts and payments

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

• Insolvency Regulations (NI) 1996
• Insolvency (Deposits) (Amendment) Order (NI) 1996
• Insolvency (Fees) (Amendment) Order (NI) 1996

This statement concerns the issuing of proxy forms.

This statement of insolvency practice concerns the keeping of records of meetings of creditors, committees of creditors, and members or contributories of companies in formal insolvency proceedings.

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

• The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (NI) 1995
• The Insolvent Partnerships Order (NI) 1995

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

• Insolvency Service structure
• The Cheques Act 1992
• Notices to be advertised in Belfast Gazette or newspaper