Becoming bankrupt
If you're at risk of violence
When you鈥檙e made bankrupt, your name and address will be published in:
If having your address published will put you at risk of violence, you can apply to the court for a person at risk of violence (PARV) order.
Your name will still be published, but your address will not be.
If you start an application for a PARV order after you鈥檝e been made bankrupt, your address may be published.
Apply for a PARV order
Download and fill in the form to apply for a PARV order.
If you鈥檙e applying to become bankrupt yourself
Apply for a PARV order after you鈥檝e started a bankruptcy application but before you submit it. You鈥檒l need to include your bankruptcy application reference number in your PARV application.
Take your completed form to your nearest court that deals with bankruptcy. They鈥檒l tell you if you need to pay a fee to apply. Find a court that deals with bankruptcy.
Find out if you can get help with court fees.
You鈥檒l have to go to a hearing to explain to a judge why you need to stop your address being published - the court will tell you when and where this will take place. You鈥檒l usually get a decision on the same day.
If someone is applying to make you bankrupt
Apply for a PARV order after the person has applied to the court and you鈥檝e received a 鈥榖ankruptcy petition鈥� but before the bankruptcy hearing.
You鈥檒l need to include the court鈥檚 bankruptcy reference number in your PARV application.
The court will consider the鈥�PARV鈥痮rder at your bankruptcy hearing. You鈥檒l have to go to it and explain to a judge why you need to stop your address being published. The court will tell you when and where this will take place.
You鈥檒l usually get a decision on the same day.
Find out if you can get help with court fees.
If you鈥檝e already been made bankrupt
Before your address is published, apply for an urgent court hearing to ask the judge for an order called a 鈥榮tay of advertisement鈥�. This stops your details from being published temporarily to give you time to apply for a PARV order.
Apply for a 鈥榮tay of advertisement鈥� to the court that made you bankrupt.
If you applied for bankruptcy yourself, find a court that deals with bankruptcy.
You鈥檒l need to tell the person dealing with your your bankruptcy immediately that you鈥檙e doing this (called the 鈥榦fficial receiver鈥�).
If your address has already been published
Contact the official receiver and tell them you鈥檝e applied for a PARV order (or are going to). Once you have a PARV order it may be possible to remove your address.