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Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
You have to present a bankruptcy petition to a court if you want to…
To make someone bankrupt you must be owed one of the following: at least…
You must check if the debtor has had any bankruptcy petitions against them…
The bankruptcy petition form you fill in depends on whether: the debtor…
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Sample of an election petition to question a European, parliamentary or local government election result in the High Court.
Challenge the result of an election if you think it was not run properly, issuing and serving an election petition, and what happens at the hearing and trial
Provide a monthly breakdown of the number of e-petitions rejected by the department.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Defra responses to Parliament website petitions.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Response to an FOI request regarding the number of e-petitions rejected by the Department since the government's official e-petitions website was established
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Use this form to confirm details of your application to a court to close or wind up a company that owes you money (also known as 'compulsory liquidation').
This indemnity is provided to Petition Officers in relation to the performance of their responsibilities under the Recall of MPs Act 2015.
The Solicitor's Office Enforcement Section send out a copy of IR8 with every Winding-Up Petition which explains why they have issued the petition and what happens next.
Guidance on the existing statutory duties placed on Petition Officers in the organisation of recall petitions under the Recall of MPs Act 2015.
Information on e-petitions the FCO has received from government e-petition website since 2011.
Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.
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