Who may present a bankruptcy petition
238.—(1) A petition for a bankruptcy order (a bankruptcy petition) to be made against an individual may be presented to the High Court in accordance with the following provisions of this Part—
(a)by one of the individual’s creditors or jointly by more than one of them,
(b)by the individual himself,
(c)by the supervisor of, or any person (other than the individual) who is for the time being bound by, a voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual and approved under Part VIII, or
(d)where, in the case of a solicitor, the Law Society of Northern Ireland have been appointed his attorney by virtue of Part III of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(1), by that Society.
(2) Subject to those provisions, the High Court may make a bankruptcy order on any such petition.