Research Catalog

Title

The law of receivers and administrators of companies / by Sir Gavin Lightman and Gabriel Moss, with Richard Snowden.

Author

Lightman, Gavin

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moss, Gabriel S.
• Snowden, Richard

Description

cxii, 653 p.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Sweet & Maxwell's insolvency library

Uniform Title

Sweet & Maxwell's insolvency library

Subject

• Receivers > Great Britain
• Liquidation > Great Britain
• Bankruptcy > Great Britain

Note

• Rev. ed. of: The law of receivers of companies. 2nd ed. 1994.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Receivers, administrative receivers and administrators -- 2. The company in financial trouble: an overview -- 3. The Basis of appointment of receivers: fixed and floating charges -- 4. The Appointment of the receiver -- 5. The Administrative receiver as an office-holder -- 6. Taking control -- 7. Duties and liabilities of a receiver and his appointer Part I. Duties and liabilities of debenture-holder and receiver to third parties -- Part II. Duties and liabilities of debenture-holder and receiver to each other -- Part III. Waiver and release -- 8. Continuation of trading -- 9. Disposals and reorganisations -- 10. Receivers and bankers -- 11. Receivers and winding up -- 12. Retention of title -- 13. Taxation of companies in administration and administrative receivership -- 14. Conveyances and transfers -- 15. Receivers and leases -- 16. Set-off and liens in receivership Part I. Set-off -- Part II. Liens -- 17. Receivers and unsecured creditors: execution, distress, freezing injunctions and trusts -- 18. Construction contracts -- 19. Receivers and employees -- 20. Receivers and rates -- 21. Removal, resignation, termination and discharge -- 22. Receivers appointed by the court -- 23. Administrators under an administration order -- 24. Pensions -- 25. Conflict of laws -- 26. International governance of insolvency proceedings -- the European Union Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings and the UNCITRAL Model Law Part I. The E.U. Regulation 1. Introduction: nature and purpose of the Regulation -- 2. Scope and impact of the Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings as adopted by the E.U. Council -- Part II. The UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency 1. Structure -- 2. Scope of application of the Model Law -- Appendix 1. Statutes -- Appendix 2. Statutory instruments -- Appendix 3. Practice statement (administration orders reports) -- Appendix 4. The E.U. Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings -- Appendix 5. The UNCITRAL Model Law.

ISBN

0421673702

OCLC

• 45623788
• SCSB-13372822

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library