Issue with appointed Trustee

salamicat

I became bankrupt in October. The Insolvency Service have appointed a Trustee which I need to appeal against as he was involved and paid for previously by my company which went in to administration. It appears there is conflict of interest.
Is there an official body I can write to as this Trustee is causing me undue pressure to sign a letter saying I had no involvement with him etc. (words to that effect).

JCS1

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-practitioners-guidance-for-those-who-want-to-complain/insolvency-practitioners-guidance-on-how-to-complain-about-an-insolvency-practitioner

salamicat

Thank you for the link. I wasn't clear initially. To clarify - if I am unhappy with the trustee that was appointed is there a process that I can get the insolvency service to nominate another trustee to handle my personal bankruptcy. I have written to the insolvency service asking for this information but have not heard back yet.
Would the appeal be via a Court or a Tribunal? A lot of pressure is being applied to sign a statement which I feel I cannot sign as it is incorrect.
Many thanks.

Minkym00

Could you possible give full detail on the previous involvement of the IP and why you consider there to be a conflict of interest? It’s not very clear from your post.

The IP appointment has been requested by the majority of your creditors and the OR would need to be satisfied that there is no conflict of interest before appointment is made. If there is a provable conflict then contact your OR in the first instance. If he is trying to make you sign something that is untrue then he could be breaking the rules which could result in him losing his license.

Minkym00

To add, the OR doesn’t nominate an IP. It’s either through nomination from the majority of your creditors or from a strict rota.

salamicat

Re conflict of interest. The IP works for the same administrators who gave advice to me personally and to my companies prior to administration. They also act for the main creditor. The main creditor advised me to bring this company in for advice.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Minkym00

Mmm. In my view you should come back to this thread when you get a response from the OR, and go from there. It’s very rare for a trustee to be removed from position. Acting for the main creditor wouldn’t be reason for removal (it’s not uncommon for a company liquidator to petition for a director’s bankruptcy for repayment of monies owed to the company then, when acting for the company as majority creditor, be appointed trustee in the director’s bankruptcy).