Insolvency Made Clear: A Guide for Debtors

Contents
5.13.10 The petitioner does not attend the hearing of
the petition 100
5.13.11 An Individual Voluntary Arrangement has been
approved100
5.13.12 The court has no jurisdiction to make the
bankruptcy order 100
5.13.13 Debtor lacks capacity 100
Box 20: Other grounds for dismissing petitions 101
5.14 Substitution 102
5.15 Change of carriage 103
5.16 Bankruptcy order 103
5.17 Appeals 103
5.18 Other forms of bankruptcy 103
Chapter 6 Possession hearings 105
6.1 Overview 105
Box 21: What if the bankrupt was renting? 106
Box 22: Coronavirus and evictions 107
Box 23: Caution 108
6.2 Role of Trustee 108
Box 24: Summary of the bankrupt’s rights 108
6.3 Orders for possession 110
6.3.1 Rights of occupation when the bankrupt lives
with children 110
6.3.2 Rights of occupation when the bankrupt lives
with a spouse or civil partner 111
Box 25: ‘Common law wives’ 112
6.3.3 Rights of occupation when the bankrupt coowns
the property with a third party 113
6.4 Low value homes 113
6.5 Mortgage payments 113
6.6 Objecting to sale 114
6.7 Dismissal of Trustee’s application for possession 115
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