Bankruptcy and Insolvency in UK Law
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Seeking Shelter in Personal Insolvency Law: Recession, Eviction, and Bankruptcy's Social Safety Net
Many legal systems understand consumer insolvency laws as social insurance, providing relief and a ‘fresh start’ to over‐indebted households who fall through gaps in the social safety net. Personal...
- Kiesiläinen et al: Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective and Ziegel: Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes: A Canadian Perspective
- Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts. The Law Reform Commission of Australia. [Report No. 6, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. 1977. 156 pp. No price given.]: Handbook on Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Law and Practice, being a third edition of Ivan Cruchley's Handbook on Bankruptcy Law and Practice. By Michael Crystal and Brinsley Nicholson. [London: Oyez Publishing. 1978. xli + 268 pp. £15·00.]
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France: Criminal Liability for Fraudulent Bankruptcy
Banqueroute, or fraudulent bankruptcy, is the most serious criminal offence that may arise out of insolvency proceedings, known as redressement judiciaire: this single procedure unifies earlier pro......... for Fraudulent Bankruptcy David Peacock Banqueroute, or fraudulent bankruptcy, is the most serious criminal offence that may arise out of insolvency proceedings, known as redressement judi-ciaire: this single procedure unifies earlier proce-dures (Statute 85-98 of 25th January, 1985). It is ......
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The German consumer bankruptcy law and moral hazard – the case of indebted immigrants
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent the increased insolvency filings by migrants since the enactment of the consumer insolvency law in 1999 is associated with moral ......... Researcher, Gelderland, SP, The NetherlandsAbstractPurpose –The purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent the increased insolvency filings bymigrants since the enactment of the consumer insolvency law in 1999 is associated with moral hazard. Itdescribes the profile of ......
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US CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION INSOLVENCY
This paper first generally discusses United States bank liquidations under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), and addresses the purposes and impact up.........HE WAS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW WHERE HE TAUGHT BANKRUPTCY REORGANISATION AND BUSINESS PLANNING. MARLA S. BECKER PRACTISES AS A MEMBER OF THE SAME FIRM, FOCUSING ON BANKRUPTCY, WORKOUTS, RESTRUCTURINGS AND ......
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Bankruptcy and reorganization procedures for cross‐border banks in the EU. Towards an integrated approach to the reform of the EU safety net
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the complexities of reorganizing and/or liquidating troubled banks under the European Union's (EU) current institutional framework as it is defined ......... the European Union’s (EU) current institutional framework as it isdefined by its directives and by national supervisory, remedial, and insolvency practices.Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares provisions of different EU directives thatimpact financial institutions and summarizes ......
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Personal Insolvency in Australia: An Increasingly Middle Class Phenomenon
...... 1 Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia, Annual Report by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy on the Operation of the Bankruptcy Act 2008-2009 (2009) 7 ......
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Insolvency Set-Off, Discharged Debts and Protected Trust Deeds: Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Donnelly
......In August 2006 Mrs Donnelly became insolvent and entered into a trust deed for her creditors under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (“1985 Act”). The trust deed became a protected trust deed in October 2006, under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act, ......
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