Hi lisa
The other forum experts are right. The best thing to do is ring up the bankruptcy clerk at your local County Court and ask them what is the earliest date you can file a debtor's petition for bankruptcy. You can either collect the application pack from the Court, which involves filling in a number of forms, or download the pack from the Insolvency Service's website.
To enable your application to be heard, you will also need the £490 Court fee, and will need to attend Court on the day of the hearing. Once a bankruptcy order has been made, the Official Reciever will be appointed to act as your Trustee immediately, and will want to interview either by phone or in person shortly afterwards.
Don't worry - it is all a fairly painless process these days.
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.
For further details contact me at
http://www.melaniegiles.com and view my IVA blog at:
http://melaniegiles.blogs.iva.co.uk
