The third edition of this well-established and respected title leads the practitioner and student through the full range of this topical area of law, right from the pre-petition stage to the closing procedures. It covers insolvency in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, as well as England and Wales. * Includes the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994, particular problems relating to Lloyd's names, and major case law relating to individual voluntary arrangements * Only title on the market that deals with both individual voluntary arrangements and bankruptcy * A recommended textbook of the joint insolvency examinations