Vulnerable Transactions in Corporate Insolvency

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-84113-347-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 971 g

This book examines powers and remedies available to a liquidator or administrator that render 'vulnerable' the company's prior contractual commitments or proprietary dispositions so as to enhance the asset pool available to creditors. In the process,the book does two things. First, it offers comprehensive accounts of the relevant causes of action: undervalue transactions, preferences, late floating charges, unregistered charges, transactions defrauding creditors, gratuitous corporate transactions and post-petition dispositions in liquidation. Secondly, it seeks to raise issues about the context and purpose of these causes of action, many of which have not yet been fully explored in the case law or academic literature. These are considered through a discussion of their relationship to the pari passu principle; a restitutionary analysis of the remedial provisions; and issues arising specifically in cross-border and international insolvency proceedings. The book is thus a source of reference both for insolvency litigators and for transactional lawyers seeking advice on potential vulnerability. The thematic approach and rigorous analysis will also make it of interest to an academic readership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Howard

Armour, John

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Contributors
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation

1. Collectivity,Management of Estates and the Pari Passu Rule in Winding-Up
Michael Bridge

2. Transactions at an Undervalue
John Armour

3. Transactions Defrauding Creditors
John Armour

4. Preferences
Adrian Walters

5. Late Floating Charges
Howard Bennett

6. Registration of Company Charges
Howard Bennett

7. Avoidance of Transactions as a 'Fraud on Creditors' at Common Law
John Armour

8. Void Dispositions in Compulsory Winding-Up
Adrian Walters

9. Restitution for Vulnerable Transactions
Simone Degeling

10. Cross-border Insolvency and Vulnerable Transactions
Sandra Frisby

Appendix: Statutory Provisions
Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Armour is Lovells Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
Howard Bennett is Hind Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham.