Insolvency practitioner

In the United Kingdom, only an authorised or licensed insolvency practitioner (IP) may be appointed in relation to formal insolvency procedures.

Insolvency
Processes
Officials
Claimants
  • Creditor
  • Preferential creditor
  • Secured creditor
  • Unsecured creditor
Restructuring
Avoidance regimes
Offences
Security
International
By country
Other

Quite often IPs have an accountancy background. A few active practitioners are lawyers, but it is not necessary to be qualified as either, as since 1986 there has been a direct entry route to the profession.

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