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Introduction. Modes of winding up. Creditor's petition for a winding-up order. Contributory's petition. Miscellaneous other petitions. Provisional liquidation. Commencement and effect of winding up. Administrative organs of winding up. Functions of the liquidator. Contributories. Assets available for division and distribution. Creditors. Division of assets among creditors. Distribution of surplus assets. Investigations and Examinations. Misconduct and prosecutions. The conclusion of winding-up proceedings.

This practical book provides a complete analysis of the EC Council Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings. This is an essential work for anyone who requires knowledge of insolvency law in the UK or any of the other 26 EU countries. The EC Regulation has direct binding force in all 27 EU countries and, actually or potentially, affects every insolvency proceeding in each of those countries which has any international aspect.
This is a second edition of the leading work on the subject in English that has been cited by numerous courts in the EU, including the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice in the Eurofood case and by the appelate courts of Austria in Re: Stojeciv.

This book is designed as the definitive interpretive work on Chapter 15 to the US Bankruptcy Code, which took effect in October 2005. This code was introduced to coordinate international insolvency cases involving both the United States and one or more foreign countries. With the extensive growth of the international economy, international insolvency cases for international enterprises in financial difficulty are certain to increase. These cases will involve complex legal problems arising from assets located abroad in U.S. cases, foreign creditors in U.S. cases, and parallel cases in various countries for the same business entities.

This very useful volume collects, for the first time in one source, all important international and regional legal instruments relating to insolvency of companies, financial institutions, and consumers, as well as to corporate rescue law. The book includes international and regional conventions, model laws, EC directives and regulations, uniform rules and guiding principles produced by various international bodies (such as the World Bank, the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law, the American Law Institute, and INSOL International), and international and European restatements of insolvency law by scholars.

This new book explains how the techniques of civil litigation can best be used to obtain the payment of sums of money which are owed. Using a practical and straightforward approach, it provides guidance from the preliminary stages before an action is begun, through to the various options and procedures available for the recovery of money. It includes extracts from the relevant legislation and examples of the various court orders and forms. It includes an in-depth analysis of the area of Consumer Credit, a big part of debt collection, which has recently been subject to review and new legislation in the form of the Consumer Credit Act 2006.

The first edition of Corporate Insolvency Law proposed a fundamentally revised concept of insolvency law, intended to serve corporate as well as broader social ends. This second edition takes on board a host of changes that have subsequently reshaped insolvency law and practice, notably the consolidation of the rescue culture in the UK, the rise of the pre-packaged administration and the substantial replacement of administrative receivership with administration. It also considers the implications of recent and dramatic changes in the provision and trading of credit, the movement of an increasing amount of 'insolvency work' to the pre-formal insolvency stage of corporate affairs and the arrival, on the insolvency scene, of a new cadre of specialists in corporate turnaround.

This major new exploration of the current status of cross-border enforcement of debts in Europe offers in-depth analysis of the most recent relevant regulation at the European Union level, as well as the default domestic regulation in England and Wales, Germany, France, Italy and Spain- five jurisdictions chosen due to the very thick web of relations they have had with each other as part of the established European order.

This important new title, by renowned experts in the field, analyses these tools and the context in which they can be utilised. It explores the commercial agenda that dictates the use of technical procedures such as debt-for-equity swaps and pre-packaged administration sales. The book also examines the ramifications of structured finance and details the workout strategies employed by those who have exposure to those products. Further, the international nature of this area of practice is examined in detail.

This new work provides a practical and user-friendly guide to the rescue of insolvent companies and businesses. It is structured around the roles of Insolvency Practitioners, Administrators and Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) Supervisors, offering guidance on appointment procedures and requirements, the nature of the roles, capacity, powers and duties, and gives clear advice on fulfilling the purpose of the role. It also covers relevant payments, distributions, remuneration, termination and tax.

Chapter 11: Reorganizing American Businesses, The Essentials is part Aspen's new Essentials series, which takes a "forest rather than the trees" approach to teaching. This concise paperback concentrates on the fundamentals of business bankruptcy law and uses an informal, essay-like style to explain them. In addition to developing the important ideas in business bankruptcy, the author also takes a look at some of the more important operational elements in order to bring the material to life.

This comprehensive guide covers bankruptcy issues and laws. Written by experts in the field, the text discusses judicial debt collection, creditors with special rights, debtors' state law remedies, commencement, conversion, and dismissal of a bankruptcy case, automatic stay of collection, creditors' and debtors' rights, exemptions, collection, and pre- and post-bankruptcy transfers. Also discusses the effect on secured and unsecured claims, leases and executory contracts, and allocation of judicial power over bankruptcy matters.

This book, which is primarily about credit, debt and the trouble they have led to, is written by authors who have specialised in researching into over-indebtedness, that is, situations in which an individual's debt burden has become overwhelming. For these authors the plight of individuals is a primary concern, but the wider issue is how credit is used and how it changes societies.