Mental incapacity and disability discrimination lead to annulment of bankruptcy order (High Court) | Practical Law

Mental incapacity and disability discrimination lead to annulment of bankruptcy order (High Court) | Practical Law

Haworth v Cartmel and another [2011] EWHC 36 (Ch) was an application to annul a bankrtupcy order made against a debtor who lacked the mental capacity to participate in the bankruptcy proceedings. The High Court also considered whether a public authority, when prosecuting a bankruptcy petition, was obliged to comply with its statutory duties under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Mental incapacity and disability discrimination lead to annulment of bankruptcy order (High Court)

by PLC Restructuring and Insolvency
Published on 07 Apr 2011 • England, Wales
Haworth v Cartmel and another [2011] EWHC 36 (Ch) was an application to annul a bankrtupcy order made against a debtor who lacked the mental capacity to participate in the bankruptcy proceedings. The High Court also considered whether a public authority, when prosecuting a bankruptcy petition, was obliged to comply with its statutory duties under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.