A student casebook which complements Hockly’s Insolvency Law.

• Introduction
• Voluntary surrender
• Compulsory sequestration
• The legal position of the insolvent
• The vesting of the assets of the insolvent
• Vesting of the assets of the solvent spouse
• Uncompleted contracts and legal proceedings
• Preservation of the estate pending the trustee’s appointment
• Meeting of creditors and proof of claims
• Election of the trustee
• The duties and powers of the trustee
• Impeachable dispositions
• Interrogation of the insolvent and other witnesses
• The duties of the insolvent
• Realization of the estate assets
• Creditors’ claims and their ranking
• The estate accounts and the distribution of the assets
• Composition
• Rehabilitation
• Partnership and sequestration
• Insolvent deceased estates
• Offences
• Winding-up of companies
• Judicial management and compromise
• Winding-up of close corporations
• Index

• Insolvency practitioners
• Legal advisers
• Students
• Academics