December 2005

In the course of the discharge of his/her duties to protect assets and determine liabilities and the reasons for the insolvency, the official receiver will often need to interview company officers and bankrupts. This chapter provides guidance to the official receiver as to how such interviews should be conducted.

This chapter is divided into 6 parts as follows :

Part 1 - General matters (paragraphs 11.2 - 11.18)

Part 2 - Compulsory liquidation interviews (paragraphs 11.19 - 11.34)

Part 3 - Bankruptcy interviews - debtor's petition cases (paragraphs 11.35 - 11.42)

Part 4 - Bankruptcy interviews - creditor's petition cases (paragraphs11.43 - 11.56)

Part 5 - Special cases (paragraphs 11.57 - 11.59)

Part 6 - Further interviews (paragraphs 11.60 - 11.70)

The following abbreviations are used in this chapter:

BRO - Bankruptcy restrictions order

CAR - Case assessment record

CDDA86 - Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

IPA - Income payments agreement

IPO - Income payments order

PIQ - Preliminary information questionnaire

[Onto Part 1 - General matters]