cards’ and name searches ‘Wild All name searches are given a wild card at the start and end of the word you are searching. In the example in 2.8 above, if you were searching for McDonald but wanted your search to return cases with the surname MacDonald, you only have to enter as the automatic wild cards will return both versions of the surname. “Donald”, Similarly, searching the surname will return the surnames McAndrew and ‘Andrew’ Andrews. cards’ and case reference searches ‘Wild Case Reference numbers are prefixed by the year of registration. Searches can be narrowed by year without needing to use a wild card in the Reference’ For ‘Case example, a search using only will return all the cases from 2011. Please note ‘2011’ that searches in the Case Reference field that are truncated dates, eg searching ‘14’ for cases from 2014, will return cases that have anywhere in their reference ‘14’ number, eg If you are searching for older cases that were registered ‘2008/114532’. before May 2008, please see 2.12 Duplicate Case Reference Numbers for more advice. cards’ and address searches ‘Wild The automatic wild cards that are added at the beginning and end of all fields can be used to assist searches where common street names may be spelled differently. Address searches are best carried out without including the word “street”, “avenue”, etc, as the automatic wild card will return all variations of the address. “road”, Part post can be searched using the automatic wild card. For example, if you search in the post code the search will return all records with a post code starting ‘G14’ with G14. Please note that the automatic wild cards that are added to all searches mean these searches will also return post codes starting with DG14. Duplicate Case Reference Numbers For registered before May 2008, it was possible for a bankruptcy, protected trust deed, receivership or liquidation case to have an identical case reference number. Company receiverships or liquidation searches are carried out separately from bankruptcies and trust deeds, which removes any issue for these cases. Bankruptcies and protected trust deeds share a common register and search facility and to
‘Wild cards’ and name searches All name searches are given a wild card at the start and end of the word you are searching. In the example in 2.8 above, if you were searching for McDonald but wanted your search to return cases with the surname MacDonald, you only have to enter “Donald”, as the automatic wild cards will return both versions of the surname. Similarly, searching the surname ‘Andrew’ will return the surnames McAndrew and Andrews. ‘Wild cards’ and case reference searches Case Reference numbers are prefixed by the year of registration. Searches can be narrowed by year without needing to use a wild card in the ‘Case Reference’ For example, a search using only ‘2011’ will return all the cases from 2011. Please note that searches in the Case Reference field that are truncated dates, eg searching ‘14’ for cases from 2014, will return cases that have ‘14’ anywhere in their reference number, eg ‘2008/114532’. If you are searching for older cases that were registered before May 2008, please see 2.12 Duplicate Case Reference Numbers for more advice. ‘Wild cards’ and address searches The automatic wild cards that are added at the beginning and end of all fields can be used to assist searches where common street names may be spelled differently. Address searches are best carried out without including the word “street”, “avenue”, “road”, etc, as the automatic wild card will return all variations of the address. Part post can be searched using the automatic wild card. For example, if you search ‘G14’ in the post code the search will return all records with a post code starting with G14. Please note that the automatic wild cards that are added to all searches mean these searches will also return post codes starting with DG14. Duplicate Case Reference Numbers For registered before May 2008, it was possible for a bankruptcy, protected trust deed, receivership or liquidation case to have an identical case reference number. Company receiverships or liquidation searches are carried out separately from bankruptcies and trust deeds, which removes any issue for these cases. Bankruptcies and protected trust deeds share a common register and search facility and to
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