This second edition has been updated to include major developments in corporate and personal insolvency law. Key changes to the text were necessitated by the considerable volume of case law in recent years and by statute, including the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, the Insolvency Act 2000, the European Council Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings 2000, the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 and the Enterprise Act 2002. litigation by office-holders and cross-border insolvency within Europe have been taken into account, as have changes to the assets available to creditors in a...