Anybody have access to books by Muir Hunter on Insolvency ??

[Docman]

Sorry 42 man, I don't have access to Muir Hunter any longer but I should think the reference is to the Incsolvency Rules 1986.

 

Rule 6.15 deals with the service of a bankruptcy petition and how you prove it has been served. The Rule is

 

"6.15 - Proof of service

(1) Service of the petition shall be proved by affidavit.

(2) The affidavit shall have exhibited to it -

(a) a sealed copy of the petition, and

(b) if substituted service has been ordered, a sealed copy of the order;

 

and it shall be filed in court immediately after service."

 

Basically, the rule is saying that the petition must be drawn to the debtor's attention in a specific way (using a process server) and that fact should be confirmed on a sworn document that is sent to the court striaght away. You can't get down the road of a bankruptcy hearing and when challenged about service, the creditor suddenly say a copy was posted to the debtor. The petition has to be served properly beforehand or the petiton will be thrown out.

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[Docman]

Am I right in saying that if one hearing is adjourned without the debtor being present then an affadavit of continuing service shall have to be filled out immediately after the adjourned hearing ?? and does that have to be served also ???

 

(By the way Doc, keeping my eye on your threads....if I can help give me a shout !!! eternally grateful to you as you know...!!)

 

 

No, I'm afraid not. If the court adjourns the hearing, the creditor has to send a notice of the adjournment to the debtor but the Rule (6.29) does not specify that service of the adjournment order must be verified by affidavit.

 

There is an assumption that the debtor must be present at the first hearing of the petition, since if he is not present, the court would normally make the bankruptcy order. Any notice of adjournment is therefore confirmation of what he should already know.

 

As to the Boggiss case, I've drawn a blank. Never heard of it and nor have some of my old friends in Bloomsbury.

 

If you can post anything about what is happening without revealing too much, I'll try to help.

 

Doc