Schaw Miller and Bailey: Personal Insolvency: Law and Practice

PART I: INSTITUTIONS;
1. Insolvency courts and officials;
2. Insolvency practitioners;
3. Practice and procedure in insolvency proceedings;
4. The European Insolvency Regulation;
5. The Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006;

PART II: VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS AND COMPOSITIONS OUTSIDE BANKRUPTCY;
6. IVAs;
7. Deeds of arrangement;

PART III: BANKRUPTCY; Initiating bankruptcy;
8. Bankruptcy petitions;
9. Bankruptcy orders; The bankrupt;
10. Effect of bankruptcy on the bankrupt's status;
11. Bankruptcy restrictions;
12. Discharge from bankruptcy; The trustee;
13. The trustee in bankruptcy; The estate;
14. The bankrupt's estate;
15. The family home;
16. Protecting the estate;
17. Investigating the bankrupt's affairs;
18. Administering of the estate;
19. Effect of bankruptcy on litigation and arbitration;
20. Avoiding prior transactions;
21. Transactions defrauding creditors; Proof and distribution;
22. Proof of debts;
23. Distributing the estate; Offences;
24. Bankruptcy offences; Special regimes;
25. Partnerships;
26. Deceased persons; Miscellaneous;
27. Solicitors acting in bankruptcy matters;
28. Third parties' rights against insurers;

PART IV: ADMINISTRATION ORDERS UNDER THE COUNTY COURTS ACT 1984;
29. Administration orders;
30. New debt management arrangements;

APPENDICES -
Appendix 1: Insolvency Practice Direction (as pertaining to individual insolvency) (selected extracts);
Appendix 2: Selected statutory definitions (text of IA 1986, ss 380-385 and ss 435-436A);
Appendix 3: Selected statutory forms;
Appendix 4: Selected precedentsIndividual