{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-2.72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-2.72.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/2.72",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.72",
  "heading": "Proving a debt",
  "text": "(1) A person claiming to be a creditor of the company and wishing to recover his debt in whole or in part must (subject to any order of the court to the contrary) submit his claim in writing to the administrator.\n(2) A creditor who claims is referred to as “proving” for his debt and a document by which he seeks to establish his claim is his “proof”.\n(3) Subject to the next paragraph, a proof must—\n(a) be made out by, or under the direction of, the creditor and signed by him or a person authorised in that behalf; and\n(b) state the following matters—\n(i) the creditor’s name and address;\n(ii) the total amount of his claim as at the date on which the company entered administration, less any payments that have been made to him after that date in respect of his claim and any adjustment by way of set-off in accordance with Rule 2.85;\n(iii) whether or not the claim includes outstanding uncapitalised interest;\n(iv) whether or not the claim includes value added tax;\n(v) whether the whole or any part of the debt falls within any, and if so, which categories of preferential debts under section 386;\n(vi) particulars of how and when the debt was incurred by the company;\n(vii) particulars of any security held, the date on which it was given and the value which the creditor puts on it;\n(viii) details of any reservation of title in respect of goods to which the debt refers; and\n(ix) the name, address and authority of the person signing the proof (if other than the creditor himself).\n(4) There shall be specified in the proof details of any documents by reference to which the debt can be substantiated; but (subject as follows) it is not essential that such document be attached to the proof or submitted with it.\n(5) The administrator may call for any document or other evidence to be produced to him, where he thinks it necessary for the purpose of substantiating the whole or any part of the claim made in the proof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 substituted (15.9.2003) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1730), rule 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with rule 5(2)-(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for rule 4.54(5)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/2.72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:38:55.219722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}