Tolmie, Fiona M.

Corporate and personal insolvency law / Fiona Tolmie. - 2nd ed. - London : Cavendish Pub., 2003. - liii, 449 p. ; 24 cm.

Preface. - Table of cases. - Table of statutes. - Table of statutory instruments. - Table of european legislation. - Part I: General introduction. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: History of insolvency law. Chapter 3 : The creditors. Chapter 4: The debtors. Chapter 5: Enforcement of debt outside insolvency. Chapter 6: Receivership. - Part II: Avoiding bankruptcy or liquidation-the 'rescue culture'. Chapter 7: Introduction to Part II. Chapter 8: Rescue outside the insolvency legislation. Chapter 9: Individual and company voluntary arrangements. Chapter 10: Company administration orders. Chapter 11: Partnership rescue. Chapter 12: The place of the employee in the rescue culture. - Part III: Bankruptcy and liquidation procedures. Chapter 13: Introduction to Part III. Chapter 14: The statutory demand. Chapter 15: The process of bankruptcy. Chapter 16: Voluntary liquidation. Chapter 17: Compulsory liquidation. Chapter 18: Winding up insolvent partnerships. - Part IV: Maintaining public confidence. Chapter 19: Introduction to Part IV. Chapter 20: Control of the insolvency system. Chapter 21: Investigation of the insolvent. Chapter 22: Sanctions in bankruptcy. Chapter 23: Preventing the abuse of the privilege of limited liability. - Part V: The creditor's battle for the assets. Chapter 24: Introduction to Part V. Chapter 25: Effect of liquidation or bankruptcy on creditors' rights. Chapter 26: Assets of liquidation or bankruptcy on creditors: General principles. Chapter 27: The extent of a bankrupt's estate. Chapter 28: Assets claimed by third parties. Chapter 29: Security rights over assets of the insolvent. Chapter 30: Swelling the assets: Clawing-back. Chapter 31: Swelling the assets: Third party liability. Chapter 32: Funding litigation by the insolvency practitioner. Chapter 33: Other sources of payment for creditors. Chapter 34: Distribution of the available assets. - Part VI: An introduction to issues of cross-border insolvency. Chapter 36: An introduction to issues of cross-border insolvency. - Bibliography. - Index.

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