Filing and withdrawing a claim

You are likely to get at least some of the money you are owed from a Debt Repayment Order, but not from a No Asset Procedure.

You may, or may not, get some or all of your money back from a liquidation or bankruptcy. It depends on the circumstances of the individual case.

It takes time to complete the administration of the estate. For example, it usually takes 3 years to complete a Debt Repayment Order.

You won't have any chance of recovering money owed to you if you don't file a claim in a bankruptcy or DRO.

You need to be able to prove you are owed money. It's important you provide evidence for your claim. 

You must take your own action - either through a debt collection agency or by other means - to recover any debt you are owed by someone who is not listed on the public registers. If the company that owes you money is not listed, try searching the Companies Register(external link) to see if another liquidator has been appointed.

Claims are filed online from our website. You need to have a RealMe login and be a registered user.

You will need to provide documents to show you were owed money at the date when the person became bankrupt or entered the DRO or the company was placed into liquidation. You are entitled to include interest on your claim up to the date of insolvency in accordance with any credit contract or loan agreement you entered into with the debtor. You can’t add interest or penalties after this date. Examples of evidence include:

• copies of loan agreements
• court orders
• invoices.

The amount shown in your evidence should be the same as the amount you are claiming.

When you are logged in with your RealMe, you can view, edit or withdraw any claims that you have made directly from the Dashboard.