Anyone heard of this? £30 to stop your name being printed in the paper?

lindsaygalaxy

Morning

I was on another forum, and someone said that you can pay a fee of £30 to stop your name being printed in the newspaper? Has anyone ever heard of this?

Thank you

Cinderbrook

Sounds like a scam as it the OR's legal instruction to place the name in the local paper.

dalip

Yep agree with cinders. The judge is the only one who can control if it goes in the paper or not.D

debtissoeasytogetinto

In agreement here, sounds dodgy to me.

penguin83

What they may have meant is you can make an application to the court to stay the advertisment (which has a fee of £40.00). This is by no means guaranteed to be granted though unless you have a very good reason x x x

dalip

Have heard of several who have applied to the judge for it not to go into paper but this is the first time a fee has been mentioned

penguin83

If you ask the judge at the time of presenting your petition then there is no extra fee but if it is after your petition or as the result of a creditor making you bankrupt and you dont attend the hearing - there is a fee.

We have a had a few from a creditors petition - one was a vicar who thought it may affect people donating to the church and others have been because fo violent ex's etc. x x

maxmycardagain

the newspaper notices cease in 2009 anyway

dalip

Thanks pen, thats useful to know.D