Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law

Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law provides a basic framework of knowledge of the current legal rules and a comprehensive introduction to the underlying issues. It will be ideal for those studying insolvency at undergraduate or postgraduate level and for those studying professional examinations and practising in the area.

History of Insolvency Law; The Creditors; The Debtors; Enforcement of Debt Outside Insolvency; Receivership; Rescue Outside the Insolvency Legislation; Individual and Company VoluntaryArrangements; Company Administration Orders; Partnership Rescue; The Place of the Employee in the Rescue Culture; The Statutory Demand; The Process of Bankruptcy; Voluntary Liquidation; Compulsory Liquidation; Winding Up Insolvent Partnerships; Control of the Insolvency System; Investigation of the Insolvent; Sanctions in Bankruptcy; Preventing Abuse of the Privilege of Limited Liability; Effect of Liquidation or Bankruptcy on Creditors' Rights; Assets Available to the Creditors: General Principles; The Extent of a Bankrupt's Estate; Assets Claimed by Third Parties; Security Rights over Assets of the Insolvent; Swelling the Assets: Clawing-Back; Swelling the Assets: Third Party Liability; Funding Litigation by the Insolvency Practitioner; Other Sources of Payment for Creditors; Distribution of the Available Assets.

Fiona Tolmie, BA, LLM, Solicitor, is Principal Lecturer in Law at Kingston University.