Insolvency Litigation 2nd ed

This new 2nd edition reflects changes in the Companies Act 2006 and Banking Act 2009, the latest amendments to the Insolvency Rules and a wealth of recent case law, including Re Madoff, Re Lehman Brothers, Masri v Consolidated Contractors International, Nationwide Building Society v Wright and Re Stanford International Bank.

• Goes systematically through the formalities and court practice
• Looks at the entitlements of office holders to remuneration, costs and expenses, as well as consideration of costs orders in insolvency proceedings
• Deals with misfeasance proceedings, including who may bring them and who may be liable
• Covers fraudulent and wrongful trading
• Considers three types of transactions which may be challenged on an application to court by a liquidator or administrator: transactions-atundervalue, preferences and transactions defrauding creditors
• Examines set-off in the contexts of summary judgment, receivership, administration, bankruptcy and insolvency, and voluntary arrangements
• Reviews the assertion of liens in formal insolvency proceedings
• Assesses the legal basis upon which an applicant, including a shareholder, might seek a winding-up petition
• Explains the court's powers to order officers of a company, and other persons, to provide information about its business, assets and affairs
• Summarises the basic principles relevant to international or cross-border insolvency
• Provides analysis of the relevant case law and statutes