Sealy and Milman Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation

This practical handbook provides annotated commentary and clarification on the legal and practical implications of the latest UK insolvency legislation for both corporate and personal insolvency. Expanded into two volumes, this “desk reference” allows for coverage of increased legislative output from the UK and Brussels as well as the reinstatement of the Company Director’s Disqualification Act 1986. Indexed by case, legislative reference and topic, the text reproduces current insolvency legislation with commentary on provisions and impact, while the annotated interpretation from expert authors provides clear explanation at all points. New to this edition: · Companies Act 2006 – especially in reference to the Leyland Daf case · Disqualification Act · Fraud Act · Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 · The Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2007 · Practice Note on validation orders. New case law including: · Cambridge Gas (a Privy Council case on co-operation with foreign courts) · The Freakley case (House of Lords, confirming lower courts’ ruling on administration expenses) · Churchill v First Independent [Factors on the mis-use of insolvent companies’ names (s. 216)] · Coverage of the Trident case and Exeter City Council v Bairstow · New cases on director’s disqualification, together with more relating to s.216 · Centre of Main Interest – jurisdiction in EU cross-border insolvencies. Contents Volume 2: Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (annotated). EC Reg 2157/2001 on Societas Europaea. UNCITRAL Model law on Cross Border Insolvency. Includes the text, in whole or part, of 25 Acts, ranging from Debtors Act 1869 to Pensions Act 2004. 50 Statutory Instruments ranging from Deeds of Arrangement Rules 1925 to Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2005