Wiele osób pyta nas o podstawę prawną dotyczącą ogłoszenia upadłości konsumenckiej (bankruptcy) w Anglii i Walii. Poniżej załączam link do aktu prawnego regulującego przepisy upadłościowe w Anglii/Walii.
Proszę zwrócić uwagę na punkt 263I:
Debtors against whom an adjudicator may make a bankruptcy order
(1)An adjudicator has jurisdiction to determine a bankruptcy application only if—
(a)the centre of the debtor’s main interests is in England and Wales, or
(b)the centre of the debtor’s main interests is not in a member state of the European Union which has adopted the EC Regulation, but the test in subsection (2) is met.
(2)The test is that—
(a)the debtor is domiciled in England and Wales, or
(b)at any time in the period of three years ending with the day on which the application is made to the adjudicator, the debtor—
(i)has been ordinarily resident, or has had a place of residence, in England and Wales, or
(ii)has carried on business in England and Wales.
Link do pełnej sekcji IX dokumentu: