| Butterworths Complete Insolvency Practice | |
| Introduction to the service Welcome to Butterworths Complete Insolvency Practice, the new CD package that draws together a comprehensive collection of materials for the insolvency practitioner. Forms and precedents, cases, legislation, commentaries and supporting information are all included, and live hypertext links enable you to move freely between the materials. The following is merely a summary of the information provided on the CD: for detailed information open the ‘books’ on the desktop and view the contents trees. Narrative This ‘book’ contains the full narrative of relevant volumes of Butterworths Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents and Atkins Court Forms. Throughout the narratives there are effective links to the accompanying forms, legislation and cases. Forms and Precedents An unrivalled collection of insolvency forms and precedents has been compiled, enabling both contentious and non-contentious documents to be easily located. Legislation All relevant statutes and SIs are provided, including the complex Insolvency Act and Insolvency Rules, fully annotated and updated six times a year. Cases Over 1,500 full text insolvency and bankruptcy cases have been selected from the prestigious All England Law Reports and Company Law Cases series. Relevant unreported cases are also provided as transcripts. Costs and Fees Both High Court and County Court costs and fees are set out in a brief, easy to use table. The new Civil Court Costs and Fees will be included in the next update to this CD (July). Key to the Service This unique feature allows you to view a step-by-step guide to insolvency and bankruptcy procedures and provides an instantaneous route to the forms or legislation associated with that procedure. The fast hypertext links enable you to move swiftly between the various materials. Noticeboard The Noticeboard will keep you informed of all the latest changes to Butterworths Complete Insolvency Practice and will list the most important developments which have occurred since the previous update. Searching There are several features on the Butterworths Complete Insolvency Practice CD which guarantee fast, effective searching. As well as the free-text search facility, the provision of live hypertext links throughout the CD enable you to move freely around the Service and to view the primary source material in seconds. The ‘Key to the Service’ provides a step-by-step guide to all insolvency procedures and in addition provides references to all the relevant precedents, forms, legislation and narrative reading. Click on these references and the information will be brought to your screen – instantly. Updating The Service will be updated six times a year, to bring you the latest developments and legislative change. User Information For assistance in using this product, please refer to the User Guide provided. Further assistance is also available via our HELPLINE on 01932 334800. Your comments and views If you have any comments or suggestions as to how to improve the content or functionality of this product please write to Sarah Jones, Publishing Manager, Butterworth & Co, Halsbury House, 35 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EL. E-mail: sarah.jones@butterworths.co.uk Tel: 0171 400 2700 May 1999 Update Introduction Welcome to the May Update of Butterworths Complete Insolvency Practice. Legislation The following material has been updated to take account of recent legislative amendments:
Cases The following reported cases are now included:
Re Barings plc (No 3) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Baker [1999] 1 All ER 1017 in which Sir Richard Scott V-C considered the granting of leave of a person subject to a disqualification order to act as a director under the CDDA 1986, s 17, balancing the protection of the public from the conduct that led to disqualification with the need that the applicant should be able to act as director of a particular company. Re Bayoil SA, Seawind Tankers Corpn v Bayoil SA [1999] 1 BCLC 62 in which the Court of Appeal held that authority did exist in cross-claim cases and that a petition for a winding-up order should not be allowed where there existed a genuine cross-claim. Re Philip Alexander Securities & Futures Ltd (in administration) [1999] 1 BCLC 124. Neuberger J was asked to consider the validity of proxies. Sea Voyager Maritime Inc v Bielecki [1999] 1 BCLC 133 in which the issue was whether an application under s 262 of the Insolvency Act 1986 for an order that approval of a voluntary arrangement should be revoked on the ground that the interests of a creditor had been unfairly prejudiced. Other recent cases which can now be found in this book include: Re Wilmot Trading Company Ltd, Henry (liquidator) v Environment Agency (31 March 1999) WINDING UP Raja v Rubin (19 March 1999) COMPANY VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT Phillips (liquidator of AJ Bekhor & Co) v Brewin Dolphin Bell Lawrie Ltd (17 March 1999) TRANSACTION AT UNDERVALUE Re Andrews (25 February 1999) RECEIVERSHIP Official Receiver v Brunt: Re Minotaur Data Systems (2 March 1999) DIRECTOR DISQUALIFICATION Empire Resolution Ltd v MPW Insurance Brokers Ltd (23 February 1999) ASSIGNMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION De Rothschild v Bell (a bankrupt) (18 February 1999) LANDLORD AND TENANT—BANKRUPT’S ESTATE Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bottrill (12 February 1999) EMPLOYMENT Rooney (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Cardona) v Cardona (9 February 1999) BANKRUPTCY Askin v ABSA Bank Ltd (29 January 1999) STAY OF PROCEEDINGS—JURISDICTION Re Branston v Gothard Ltd, Hill v Phillips (22 January 1999) UNLAWFUL DISPOSITION Re Westmid Packing Services Ltd, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Griffiths [1998] 2 All ER 124 Stop Press
User Information For assistance in using this product, please refer to the User Guide provided. Further assistance is also available via our HELPLINE on 01932 334800. Your comments and views If you have any comments or suggestions as to how to improve the content or functionality of this product please write to Sarah Jones, Publishing Manager, Butterworth & Co, Halsbury House, 35 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EL. E-mail: sarah.jones@butterworths.co.uk Tel: 0171 400 2700. |
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