Live issue · Phase 6
UK routes, one step at a time: challenge the bankruptcy and resolve the restriction on the family home. This is where Mr Lake’s energy is focused now.
Crown restriction still on the family home.
Bankruptcy order — challenged on settled-debt grounds.
Domestic remedies first — annulment and hold removal.
Three connected tracks — each depends on the others being heard properly.
Still blocks sale and refinancing. Tied to the bankruptcy register on the title. Lifting it is the practical outcome Mr Lake needs at home.
Mr Lake says the petition debt was paid before the bankruptcy hearing — grounds to reopen and remove the basis for the restriction.
Active correspondence with the mortgage lender and related parties. Resolution on title and lending must align.
The bankruptcy order sits behind the Crown hold. Mr Lake’s position is that the underlying debt was already settled when the order was made — so the insolvency route should never have stood, and the title restriction should not remain.
That argument connects back to the civil claim phase: payment evidence he says was never properly before the court. Annulment is not a side issue — it is the hinge between Phase 4 and Phase 6 of the timeline.
Mr Lake is 75. He cannot carry this alone. Barristers and solicitors with insolvency, property, and judicial-review experience are asked to read the lawyers page.
Email or phone — details on the home page contact section and lawyers page.
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If you can act — or know someone who can — the lawyers page sets out the case and how to reach Mr Lake.