Insolvency litigation / by Lousi G. Doyle, Steven Fennell
Imprint
London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1999
Descript
lvii, 449 p. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Nature and status of office-holders under the insolvency Act 1986 -- Formalities and court practice in insolvency litigation -- Office-holders' remmuneration, costs & expenses -- Costs orders affecting office-holders in insolvency litigation -- Funding the action: maintenance, champerty and conditional fee agrements -- Misfeasance proceedings and duties owed to the company -- Fraudulent trading -- Wrongful trading -- Transactions-at-undervalue -- Preferences -- Avoidance of floating charges under section 245 of the insolvency Act 1986 -- Transactions defrauding creditors and the protection of assets from creditors -- Set-off in the Insolvency forums -- The Assertion of liens in formal insolvency proceedings -- Third parties (rights against insurances) Act 1930 and insolvency -- Validating orders under section 127 of the insolvency Act 1986 -- Obtaining information and enforcement under section 236 and 366 -- Cross-border considerations