Bankruptcy petition not endorsed by the court

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Insolvency Service should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Insolvency Service,

Please confirm whether the Insolvency Service Rules are mandatory and have always required that a court with insolvency jurisdiction must endorse the petition and on the copies, the date and time of filing the petition.

Can you please also provide what venue details for hearing a bankruptcy petition must be endorsed by the court on the petition.

And clarify if there are any exceptions to these rules for certain cases.

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams

FOI, Insolvency Service

Dear Deb Williams

We acknowledge your Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request received by the Insolvency Service on the 6 August 2018.

The FOI Act gives certain rights to members of the public to access information held by public authorities. The FoI Act also encourages public authorities to proactively make information available to members of the public (except where exemptions apply) and respond to requests within 20 working days.

We will review your request and provide a response by 4 September 2018, in line with the 20 working days statutory target.

Regards

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SOR.Operations, Insolvency Service

Dear Ms Williams

Thank you for your email. The information you have requested about court procedure might be obtained from HM Courts and Tribunal Service. In addition information about insolvency legislation is publicly available at the following links

The Insolvency Rules 2016 are available at:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/co...

and the previous Insolvency Rules 1986 at:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/...

Kind regards

Senior Official Receiver’s Office

Senior Official Receiver’s Office | The Insolvency Service | 2nd Floor, 4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT | [email address] | www.gov.uk/insolvency-service

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