Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency - Law and Practice provides a comprehensive yet user-friendly commentary on the substantive law of corporate insolvency and practical guidance on the various procedures arising in this important field.
Accessible to both legal and accountancy practitioners, the third edition of this established work has been extensively rewritten to take account of the substantial recent changes of the law in this area. Written by recognised experts in the field, it remains a user-friendly text covering all aspects on corporate insolvency in one volume.
New to this edition:
- Cross-Border Regulation
- Co-operation between Insolvency Courts
- Liability of Office Holders
- Companies Act 2006
- Revised and expanded chapter on Administration
- Analysis and commentary on partnership insolvency
- Human Rights and the Insolvent Company
- Key source documentation
A. Insolvency Proceedings;
1. Insolvency courts and procedures;
2. Practice and procedure in insolvency proceedings;
3. Transfer and stay in insolvency proceedings;
4. Review and appeals of insolvency orders;
5. The effect of insolvency on litigation and arbitration;
B. Insolvency Practitioners and Officials;
6. Insolvency practitioners;
7. Liability of office-holders;
8. Official receivers and the Secretary of State;
C. Insolvency Procedures;
9. Company voluntary arrangements;
10. Administration;
11. Administrative receivership;
12. Winding Up;
13. Voluntary winding up;
14. Compulsory winding up;
D. Effects of Winding Up;
15. The Liquidator;
16. Meetings of creditors and contributories;
17. Directors;
18. Criminal offences in the course of winding up;
19. Dissolution of the company;
20. Human rights and the insolvent company;
E. Investigation and Protection of the Company’s Assets;
21. Investigation procedures;
22. Protection of company property;
23. Adjustment of antecedent transactions;
24. Transactions defrauding creditors;
25. Contribution by contributories;
F. The Company’s Creditors and Employees;
26. Proof of debts;
27. The impact of insolvency on guarantees;
28. Distribution of assets;
29. The effect of corporate insolvency on employees;
30. Rights against insolvent company’s insurers;
G. Particular Insolvency Procedures;
31. Insolvency in the financial markets;
32. Insolvency of companies not registered under the Companies Acts;
H. Partnership Insolvency;
33. Partnership;
I. International Insolvency;
34. The EC Regulation on insolvency proceedings;
35. The Cross-Border Regulations and co-operation between courts;
36. Comparison between English and US insolvency law
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