Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation

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Eleventh Edition, March 2023

Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation (previously Insolvency Legislation: Annotations and Commentary) provides fully curated practical guidance on the key primary and secondary insolvency legislation. In addition to the complete texts of the key statutory provisions, each is annotated with detailed analysis and commentary, providing practitioners and academics with everything they need within a single portable volume.

Combining the experience and knowledge of an expert team, the book provides a practical discussion of relevant insolvency provisions and case law. The 11th edition of this well-established work brings together all the relevant statutory material as well as the SIPs and essential practice directions in a single manageable volume.

Key new cases covered in this edition include:

  • Amicus Finance Plc; Re Smile Telecoms Ltd; Re Houst Ltd - recent cases on the new Part 26A restructuring plan

  • Carton-Kelly v Darty Holdings SAS - the largest ever preference action arising from the Comet liquidation

  • Re Edengate Homes (Butley Hall) Ltd - the circumstances in which a dissentient creditor may challenge office-holder decision-making

  • Re MBI & Partners Inc - witness immunity for statements made during a s.236 examination

  • Hughes v Howell - what counts as an "offer" for the purposes of s.271(3)

  • Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair - remedy against debtor's property under s.285(3)(a)


  • General Editors:
    Louis Doyle KC, Barrister, Kings Chambers, Manchester, Leeds & Birmingham, and 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn

    Andrew Keay, Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law, Centre for Business Law and Practice, School of Law, University of Leeds and Barrister, Kings Chambers and 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn

    Joseph Curl KC, Barrister, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn and Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge

    Consultant Editors:
    Nicholas Briggs, Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge

    Catherine Burton, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge

    Contributors:
    Gerard McCormack, Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds
    Giselle McGowan, Faith Julian, Paul Wright and Andrew Mace, all Barristers, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn