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bankruptcy and personal injury claims

chrisboro1975
chrisboro1975 Posts: 18 Forumite
in Bankruptcy & living with it
i have been made bankrupt recently. and i have a personal injury claim, my question is, if i recieve a cheque for my injury do i have to tell the officail reciever. as its my own personnal claim?
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  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    You must tell the OR that you have a claim as soon as you know you have a claim not just when any money is gained. The OR will decide if they or you can take the claim forward
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • dojoman
    dojoman Posts: 12,027 Forumite
    Am I right in thinking that any compensation you get if it is for personal suffering and not loss of income is untouchable by the OR?
    :pB&SC No. 298
    Life`s Tragedy is that we get OLD too soon
    and WISE too late!
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    you are dojo, but that is way down the line, the first thing for the OR to look at is who has the right to take the case forward
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • chrisboro1975
    chrisboro1975 Posts: 18 Forumite
    well im tempted to not say anything as its my personal claim for my injury. and how would he know anyway?
  • Francesanne
    Francesanne Posts: 2,081 Forumite
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    chrisboro1975 wrote: »
    well im tempted to not say anything as its my personal claim for my injury. and how would he know anyway?
    I'm sure they have their means. Honesty is always the best route.
  • sniggings
    sniggings Posts: 5,281 Forumite
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    chrisboro1975 wrote: »
    well im tempted to not say anything as its my personal claim for my injury. and how would he know anyway?


    one way would be your Bank, and you are on the register,not sure if they would look on there,but there was a post on here where the other side new he was BR and said he needed to give the excess to the OR,it could be a check laws make but who knows?
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    The money would be yours to keep if it is solely a personal claim so there is no reason to not tell the OR
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • chrisboro1975
    chrisboro1975 Posts: 18 Forumite
    yeah the personal injury claim is for an accident on my back which happened in a public library. plus i dont have to cash it through my bank. as ramsdens gold cash cheques for a small fee.
  • sniggings
    sniggings Posts: 5,281 Forumite
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    chrisboro1975 wrote: »
    yeah the personal injury claim is for an accident on my back which happened in a public library. plus i dont have to cash it through my bank. as ramsdens gold cash cheques for a small fee.

    sounds like you are going out of your way to hide the claim,not sure why you asked for advice!
  • beingfrugal
    beingfrugal Posts: 124 Forumite
    If you're for real and not someone posting to get people's backs up... ?

    Hide your claim proceedings if you like... it has no bearing on us but please don't insult the people here with dishonesty and underhand ideas.

    Miche (as in H) :)
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