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Check your petition
Give us the company name and we will check whether there is an active winding up petition against it in the public domain — and ring you back the same working day.
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Why it matters today
A winding up petition is a legal action taken by creditors to force a company into compulsory liquidation. It is usually the last resort rather than the first move — by the time one is issued, the creditor has normally tried everything shorter.
That is also why the window is short. Once a petition has been advertised in the Gazette the bank will ordinarily freeze the account. If you have just opened the envelope, ring us before anything else.
Enter the company name and your details. Nothing is filed and nobody is contacted on your behalf — we look, and we tell you what we found.
The order things happen in
First
The company has a fixed period before the hearing. This is the widest the window ever gets, and everything is easier inside it.
Then
Once it is public the bank usually freezes the account. A validation order can let the company keep trading, but it has to be applied for.
An adjournment buys time. A CVA binds the creditors. A withdrawal ends it. Which of the three fits depends on what is underneath.
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What the court will actually be asked to decide, and on what evidence.
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What to do the morning the bank stops paying your suppliers.
The grounds that work, and the paperwork each one needs.
If a petition has been issued against your company, the sooner we know the more there is to work with. Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm.
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