Compulsory Liquidation Advice

Compulsory liquidation advice can be given in manythere is not only one director then all the directors have
different ways but there are only three different typesto come together to present the petition as it is not
of liquidation; members' voluntary liquidation, creditors'possible for one director to present a winding up
voluntary liquidation and compulsory liquidation.This ispetition.
not something every company goes through and itThere are three alternatives to liquidation:
should not even be taken into consideration if the partyAdministration:
has not received any legal help or has not been givenThis is when the court grants admission orders. The
compulsory liquidation advice. Something as serious aspurpose of this is to relieve the company just a little bit
this is cannot be done without legal or financial adviceand give them some space from the creditors. This
to the accused party.helps the company as they are guaranteed to be
Members' Voluntary Liquidation:stressed out at the time and may make foolish
This happens when the company's shareholdersdecisions.
choose to put it into liquidation and all the debts theInformal Arrangement:
company may have can be covered by their assets.The company can choose to make payment plans in
Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation:writing, to the creditors and try to come to some sort
This is the opposite of the members' voluntaryof mutual agreement before the issue gets to the
liquidation because what happens is, the shareholderscourts. This is often the solution, but not all creditors will
decide that liquidation will be best but they do not haveagree to it.
enough assets to pay of debts, then the company willCompany Voluntary Arrangement:
become insolvent.This is like the informal arrangement, except this one is
Compulsory Liquidation:formal and includes the directors applying to the court
This happens when the court says the company hasinvolved with some assistance of an authorized
to be wound upon the petition of a specific individual. Ifinsolvency practitioner.