Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation 2017: Volume 2

The 20th edition of Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation 2017 contains the greatest single change to insolvency legislation since the 1st edition some 30 years ago with the introduction, at long last, of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/1024). The annotations in the 20th edition cover the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 in their entirety to provide much needed background, comment and assistance for practitioners and readers coming to terms with this momentous change.

Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation 2017:

• Provides clear, annotated commentary and clarification on the legal and practical implications of current insolvency legislation
• Covers both corporate and personal insolvency law
• Reproduces additional statutes and regulations so that all the information needed is in one reliable source
• Volume 2 features the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the Recast EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings 2015/848 and the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, implementing the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency. It also includes the text, in whole or part, of 25 Acts, over 50 Statutory Instruments and a number of practice directions.

• Coverage of the final changes introduced by the Deregulation Act 2015 and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
• Includes, with full annotations, the Recast EU Insolvency Regulation 2015 (2015/848)
• Coverage of the changing position on insolvency fees and deposits provided by the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) Order 2016 (SI 2016/692)
• All other legislation throughout the Guide, particularly the Insolvency Act 1986, has been updated since the 19th edition.
• The annotations to the legislation have been updated to include important case-law developments.
• Includes as appendices the Government’s official of Table of Derivations and Table of Destinations, linking the 1986 Rules to the 2016 Rules

• Re Ralls Builders Ltd [2016] EWHC 1812 (Ch)
• Brooks v Armstrong [2016] EWHC 2893 (Ch)
• Express Electrical Distributors Ltd v Beavis [2016] EWCA Civ 765
• Re Newtons Coaches Ltd [2016] EWHC 3068 (Ch)
• Re Elgin Legal Ltd [2016] EWHC 2523 (Ch)
• Pettit v Bradford Bulls (Northern) Ltd
• Horton v Henry [2016] EWCA Civ 989
• Stanley v Wilson
• Sands v Layne [2016] EWCA Civ 1159
• Berry v Child Support Agency [2016] EWHC 1418 (Ch)