Bankruptcy and Insolvency in UK Law

  • Bankruptcy and insolvency
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • Julian Bailey
    • 1653-1686
  • Chapter 22. Bankruptcy and insolvency
    • Construction Law, Volume III. Second Edition
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 1039-1085
  • Seeking Shelter in Personal Insolvency Law: Recession, Eviction, and Bankruptcy's Social Safety Net
    • No. 44-3, September 2017
    • Journal of Law and Society
    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
    • No. 68-1, January 2005
    • The Modern Law Review
  • Chapter 13. Introduction to Part III
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 293-294
    ... ... in a state of insolvency does not have any legal consequences until either ... the debtor or a ... Since the routes into compulsory liquidation and bankruptcy frequently ... commence with the service of a statutory demand by a ... ...
  • Chapter 15. The process of bankruptcy
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 303-322
    ... ... of this chapter ... 2 COURT JURISDICTION ... Jurisdiction in individual insolvency is exercised throughout England and ... Wales by the High Court, where it will be dealt with by a registrar in ... bankruptcy, and those of the ... ...
  • Chapter 14. The statutory demand
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 295-302
    ... ... The Insolvency Act 1986 implemented the recommendation of the Cork ... Committee that the ... debtor having committed an ‘act of bankruptcy’.1 ‘Acts of bankruptcy’ ... comprised a list of events thought to be ... ...
  • Chapter 18. Winding up insolvent partnerships
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 350-365
    ... ... insolvent partnership into liquidation under Part V of the Insolvency Act ... 1986 as if it were an unregistered company.2 The relevant ... bankruptcy or liquidation. The question then arises as to how the estate of ... an ... ...
  • Chapter 16. Voluntary liquidation
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 323-330
    ... ... outlined in s 84 of the Insolvency Act 1986. The relevant provision in the ... context of insolvency is s ... ...
  • Chapter 17. Compulsory liquidation
    • Part III. Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures
    • Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law. Second Edition
    • 331-349
    ... ... Court since there is no county court jurisdiction in the London insolvency ... (b) Eligibility to petition ... Those eligible to petition for a ... This provides an alternative, not ... available in bankruptcy, to the statutory demand route and creditors who are ... satisfied that ... ...
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