Debtor applications received by the AiB in respect of the estate of a deceased debtor within the scope of section 5(a) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016: FOI release

Information requested

Debtor applications received by the AiB in respect of the estate of a deceased debtor within the scope of section 5(a) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016. I request that the results be broken down by year.

1. The number of such applications received by the AiB.
2. The number of such received applications that were returned or unactioned as being inappropriate.
3. The number of valid actioned applications - and who acted as trustee in these cases.

Response

Question 1:

• 2016 – 3 applications received.
• 2017 – 8 applications received
• 2018 – 9 applications received
• 2019 – 6 applications received
• 2020 – 8 applications received
• 2021 – 18 applications received
• 2022 – 14 applications received

Question 2:

• 2016 – 0 applications returned or unactioned
• 2017 – 0 applications returned or unactioned
• 2018 – 1 application was rejected
• 2019 – 0 applications returned or unactioned
• 2020 – 0 applications returned or unactioned
• 2021 – 0 applications returned or unactioned
• 2022 – 0 applications returned or unactioned

Question 3:

Information about bankruptcies in Scotland is published in the public Register of Insolvencies (RoI), which can be accessed free of charge. Information about each bankruptcy is published until one year after the date the trustee of the bankruptcy was discharged.

2016 – 3 valid applications received.
Information about these three bankruptcies is no longer published in the public RoI. As the names of trustees is personal information and personal information is exempt from disclosure under Section 38 of FOISA., I am unable to provide you with information about the trustees appointed to act in these three bankruptcies.

2017 – 8 valid applications received
Information about 2 of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these two bankruptcies are:

• Maureen Leslie (MLM), who was replaced by Julie Swan (SKSi) in 2021, who was replaced by Scott Bastick (SKSi) in 2022.
• Stewart MacDonald (Campbell Dallas)

Information about the other 6 bankruptcies is no longer published in the RoI. As the names of trustees is personal information and personal information is exempt from disclosure under Section 38 of FOISA, I am unable to provide you with information about the trustees appointed to act in other 6 bankruptcies.

2018 – 8 valid applications received
Information about 2 of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these two bankruptcies are:

• Neil Dempsey (AAB ) who was replaced by Duncan Raggett (AAB) in April 2020
• Scott Bastick (SKSi)

Information about the other 6 bankruptcies is no longer published in the RoI.

As the names of trustees is personal information and personal information is exempt from disclosure under Section 38 of FOISA, I am unable to provide you with information about the trustees appointed to act in other 6 bankruptcies.

2019 – 6 valid applications received
Information about 2 of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these two bankruptcies are:

• Barry Stewart (180 Advisory)
• Christine Convy (Dunedin Advisory)

Information about the other 4 bankruptcies is no longer published in the RoI.

As the names of trustees is personal information and personal information is exempt from disclosure under Section 38 of FOISA, I am unable to provide you with information about the trustees appointed to act in other 4 bankruptcies.

2020 – 8 valid applications received
Information about 7 of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these 7 bankruptcies are:

• The Accountant in Bankruptcy
• Christine Convy (Dunedin Advisory)
• Claire Middlebrook (Middlebrooks)
• Donald McKinnon (Wylie & Bisset) – trustee for 2 bankruptcies.
• Eileen Blackburn (French Duncan)
• Kenneth Pattullo (Begbies Traynor)

Information about one of the bankruptcies is no longer published in the RoI.

As the names of trustees is personal information and personal information is exempt from disclosure under Section 38 of FOISA, I am unable to provide you with information about the trustee appointed to act in one bankruptcy.

2021 – 18 valid applications received
Information about all of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these bankruptcies are:

• The Accountant in Bankruptcy – trustee for 2 bankruptcies
• Alexander Fraser (FRP Advisory)
• Annette Menzies (William Duncan)
• Christine Convy (Dunedin Advisory
• Donald McKinnon (Wylie & Bisset
• Gordon Chalmers (Wylie & Bisset) - trustee for 3 bankruptcies
• Kenneth Pattullo (Begbies Traynor)
• Kevin Mapstone (AMI Financial)
• Linda Hastings (Hastings and Co)
• Michael Reid (Meston Reid) - trustee for 3 bankruptcies
• Shona Campbell (Henderson Loggie)

2022 – 14 valid applications received
Information about all of these bankruptcies is published in the RoI, so I can inform you that the trustees for these bankruptcies are:

• The Accountant in Bankruptcy – trustee for 2 bankruptcies
• Claire Middlebrook (Middlebrooks) – trustee for 2 bankruptcies
• Donald McKinnon (Wylie & Bisset) – trustee for 2 bankruptcies
• Gordon Chalmers (Wylie & Bisset) – trustee for 5 bankruptcies
• Kenneth Pattullo (Begbies Traynor)
• Kevin Mapstone (AMI Financial)
• Steven Wright (William Duncan)

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