Was Discharged Last Fall By The Court.
Q: Someone I know filed for bankruptcy some time ago and it was discharged last fall by the court. In the bankruptcy proceedings, he apparently did not name as creditors at least one old buddy from whom he borrowed quote a bit of money on a personal basis. Some of the money was given by check, but some was cash. There were few or no records kept of the loans. Since he did not name the old buddy as a creditor, does that mean that those debts were not discharged by the bankruptcy proceeding and he can be required to pay them? Is it worth it for his old buddy to try to get paid?
A: -I'm in the UK, but here a notice of the bankruptcy has to be place in the local paper, and in the London Gazette (which is available on-line to the legal and financial sectors). If this buddy can be reasonably have been expected to know that you