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

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2001.

3rd ed.

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The Law of receivers of companies.

The law of administrators and receivers of companies.

Receivers.

Corporation law.

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.

Includes index.

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cxii, 653 p.