The BBC have published a story noting that Debt Relief Orders are to be reviewed. See here. R3 have been characteriustically quick off the mark with a response. A press release has been circulated in which their President, Mr Peter Sargent (pictured sitting) opines:"When DROs were introduced in April 2009 we had concerns that debtors with any kind of pension pot were effectively barred from this form of debt relief. It seemed counter-intuitive to discourage even those with a very small pension
pot, which would be included as assets and likely prevent them from being eligible for a DRO.
The announcement that those with a small pension pot will not have that value set against the asset ceiling of £300 is good common sense. We await further details on where this value will be set, but this should allow many more to take up this accessible and low-cost form of statutory debt relief."This news comes at the same time as the Insolvency Service release new 'Information for petitioners on insolvency service deposit and fee charges for 2010.'
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