The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016

Identification of debtor

10.8.—(1) The petition must state the following matters about the debtor, so far as they are within the petitioner’s knowledge—

(a) the debtor’s identification details;

(b) the occupation (if any) of the debtor;

(c) the name or names in which the debtor carries on business, if other than the name of the debtor, and whether, in the case of any business of a specified nature, the debtor carries it on alone or with others;

(d) the nature of the debtor’s business, and the address or addresses at which it is carried on;

(e) any name or names, other than the name of the debtor, in which the debtor has carried on business at or after the time when the debt was incurred, and whether the debtor has done so alone or with others;

(f) any address or addresses at which the debtor has resided or carried on business at or after that time, and the nature of that business; and

(g) whether the centre of main interests or an establishment of the debtor (as defined in Article 2(h) of the EC Regulation) is in another member State.

(2) The particulars of the debtor given under this rule determine the title of the proceedings.

(3) If to the petitioner’s knowledge the debtor has used any name other than the one specified under paragraph (1)(a), that fact must be stated in the petition.