First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

'Every so often I find a legal text book that reminds me it is possible to make a dry subject interesting by writing about it in clear, plain English. Corporate and Personal Insolvency Law is one of those text books; an excellent and readable overview of the basic framework of insolvency law and procedure.' New Law Journal, January 2004

Fiona Tolmie, BA, LLM, Solicitor, is Principal Lecturer in Law at Kingston University.

History of Insolvency Law; The Creditors; The Debtors; Enforcement of Debt Outside Insolvency; Receivership; Rescue Outside the Insolvency Legislation; Individual and Company VoluntaryArrangements; Company Administration Orders; Partnership Rescue; The Place of the Employee in the Rescue Culture; The Statutory Demand; The Process of Bankruptcy; Voluntary Liquidation; Compulsory Liquidation; Winding Up Insolvent Partnerships; Control of the Insolvency System; Investigation of the Insolvent; Sanctions in Bankruptcy; Preventing Abuse of the Privilege of Limited Liability; Effect of Liquidation or Bankruptcy on Creditors' Rights; Assets Available to the Creditors: General Principles; The Extent of a Bankrupt's Estate; Assets Claimed by Third Parties; Security Rights over Assets of the Insolvent; Swelling the Assets: Clawing-Back; Swelling the Assets: Third Party Liability; Funding Litigation by the Insolvency Practitioner; Other Sources of Payment for Creditors; Distribution of the Available Assets.