Part 1 Overview: Development of insolvency law and practice; Insolvency definitions. Part 2 Insolvency of the individual: Causes of insolvency; Alternatives to bankruptcy; Insolvency of the individual, preliminary considerations; The bankruptcy process; The status and estate of the bankruptcy; The bankruptcy process; The status and estate of the bankruptcy; Distribution of the bankrupts estate. Part 3 The insolvent partnership: The bankrupt firm. Part 4 Corporate insolvency: Introduction to corporate insolvency; The company voluntary arrangement; Receivership; The administration order; Corporate winding up, the secure creditor; Corporate winding up, the unsecure creditor; Corporate winding up, further provisions.