The Court has recently announced it will be publishing some standard forms for insolvency procedures, to be published under the Insolvency Practice Direction.
The forms are expected to be available towards the end of March.
This is the current list of what will be published. There may be some amendments.
Forms being hosted by the Court under Insolvency Practice Direction (these were identified as forms to "keep" from Schedule 4 Insolvency Rules 1986)
Administration
| IR86 Schedule 4 Forms No. | IR2016 | Description |
| 2.1B | 3.3-3.4 | Administration application and witness statement |
| 2.4B | 3.11-3.12 | Administration Order |
Compulsory Liquidation
| IR86 Schedule 4 Forms No. | IR2016 | Description |
| 4.1 | 7.3-7.4 | Statutory Demand |
| 4.2 | 7.6 | Petition |
| 4.6 | 7.11 | Notice of Petition |
| 4.8 | 7.14 | Order for Permission to Withdraw |
| 4.10 | 7.16 | List of Appearances |
| 4.11 | 7.21 | Winding up Order |
| 4.12 | 7.22 | WUO following cessation of administrator's appointment |
| 4.14 | 7.28 | Content of Contributory Petition |
| 4.15 | 7.36 | Order appointing Provisional Liquidator |
| 4.60 | 7.94 | Appointment & Remuneration of Special Manager |
| 4.61 | 7.103 | Order for Public Examination |
| 4.66-4.67 | 7.107 | Order for adjournment of PE |
Bankruptcy
| IR86 Schedule 4 Forms No. | IR2016 | Description |
| 6.1-6.3 | 10.1-10.2 | Statutory Demand |
| 6.4 | 10.5 | Application to set aside Statutory Demand |
| 6.6 | 10.6 | Order setting aside Statutory Demand |
| 6.7-6.10 | 10.8-10.10 | Content of Petition |
| 6.11-6.12 and 6.17A-6.18A | Sch4 | Certificate of Service |
| 6.13A | 10.11 | Statement of Truth (verification of petition) |
| 6.15A | Sch4 | Order for Substituted Service of Petition |
| 6.16 | 1.12 | Notice in Gazette re: Substituted Service of Petition |
| 6.19 | 10.19 | Notice of Opposition by Debtor to Petition |
| 6.21 | 10.21 | List of Appearances |
| 6.22/ 6.23 | 10.25/10.31 | Order Dismissing Petition or Leave to Withdraw |
| 6.24 | 10.24 | Order of adjournment |
| 6.24A | 10.29 | Order for Substitution of Petitioner |
| 6.24B | 10.30 | Change of Carriage of Petition |
| 6.25 | 6.30 | Content of Bankruptcy Order |
| 6.3 | Appeal to court | |
| 6.32 | 10.53 | Order of Appointment (of Interim Receiver) |
| 6.54 | 10.94 | Application & Order of Special Manager Appointment |
| 6.55 | 10.99-10.100 | Notice & Order for Public Examination |
| 6.57 | 10.102 | Order - Bankrupt unfit for examination |
| 6.59-6.60 | 10.104 | Adjournment of PE |
| 6.71 | 10.136 | Order for Annulment - the Hearing |
| 6.72 | 10.141 | Order - Application for SoD |
| 6.73 | 10.142 | Order - Lifting of SoD |
| 6.79A | 10.171 | Charging Order |
| 6.80 | 10.164 | Order - Redirection of Post (not prescribed) |
General / Miscellaneous
| IR86 Schedule 4 Forms No. | IR2016 | Description |
| 7.1A | N/A | There is no IR2016 equivalent as each Application has its own separate prescribed content |
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