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Butterworths Insolvency Law Handbook, 28th Edition
The most comprehensive single collection of statutory source material and practice directions relating to insolvency law in England, Wales and Scotland.
Publication Language: English
Published: April 30, 2026
Publisher: LNUK
Adopting a user-friendly, chronological layout, this book covers the most important statutes, statutory instruments and European legislation. Legislation is printed as currently in force with all amendments, repeals and revocations, providing full assurance that you are advising clients accurately.
What’s New:
Volume 1:
- The Insolvency Act 1986, and the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (Parts 1 and 3)
- Statutory instruments containing transitional provisions relating to the commencement of amendments to the statutes included in this work (Part 2)
- EU and International materials are included in Part 4 (including the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency)
- The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and related statutory instruments (Parts 5 and 12)
- General insolvency statutory instruments (Part 6)
- Statutory instruments relating to corporate insolvency, partnership insolvency, and personal insolvency (Parts 7 to 9)
- Statutory instruments relating to official receivers and insolvency practitioners (Part 10)
- Statutory instruments relating to cross-border insolvency (Part 11)
- Other relevant miscellaneous statutes and statutory instruments (Parts 13 and 14)
- EU Exit-related material (Part 15)
- Relevant Practice Directions (Part 16)
Volume 2:
- Part 17 which contains the relevant primary legislation and statutory instruments relating to special insolvency regimes. These are grouped together in the following Sections:
- Section A: Air Traffic
- Section B: Banks
- Section C: Building Societies
- Section D: Contractual Schemes
- Section E: Energy Companies / Nuclear Energy
- Section F: Energy Supply Companies
- Section G: Energy Transport and Storage
- Section H: Friendly Societies
- Section I: Health
- Section J: Housing
- Section K: Co-operative & Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions
- Section L: Financial Infrastructure Systems
- Section M: Insurance Companies, Insurers and Insurance Linked Securities
- Section N: Investment Banks
- Section O: Open-ended Investment Companies
- Section P: Payment and Electronic Money Institutions
- Section Q: Postal
- Section R: Public Private Partnership
- Section S: Railways
- Section T: Smart Meter Communication Licensees
- Section U: Technical and Further Education
- Section V: Water Industry
- Section W: Additional Scottish Materials
- The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Part 18)
- The Scottish Insolvency Rules (Part 19)
- Other Scottish statutory instruments (Part 20)