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Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency

Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency - Law and Practice (Third edition)

Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency Law and Practice (3rd edition)

Name: Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency
Brand: LexisNexis U.K.
SKU: 9780406969705
Price: 2696.44 HKD
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Author: His Honour Judge Edward Bailey; Hugo Groves
ISBN: 9780406969705

Edited by His Honour Judge Edward Bailey · Hugo Groves

LexisNexis U.K. October 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780406969705
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
Publication: October 2007
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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 of Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency - Law and Practice:

- 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