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This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
How to apply for a waiver letter when you are restoring a company using administrative restoration.
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
Recruitment process, rates of pay, overview of the panel, lists of members and guidance for barristers who work ‘off panel’.
Guidance to help you navigate the legal frameworks within which public bodies, particularly Government, make decisions
The Model Services Contract Core Terms for England and Wales
The Model Services Contract Schedules for England and Wales
Fees, expenses, contractual terms and administrative procedures for panel counsel, clerks and their chambers.
Crown Proceedings Act 1947: list of authorised government departments
How to send a cash balance to the Bona Vacantia division.
How to use the Model Services Contract.
Core Terms for the Mid-Tier Contract.
The Short Form Contract.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
This note explains what vesting orders are and how they are applied for.
How to apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
How to refer a bona vacantia commercial lease to the Treasury Solicitor.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
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