Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition
This second edition of Bankruptcy: Law and Practice is a comprehensive and thoroughly updated guide to the law of bankruptcy in England and Wales. Alaric Watson and Stephen Baister provide fresh perspectives on the practical application of this key area of personal insolvency law, providing an in—depth analysis of its operation in practice.


Drawing on key historical and socio—economic contexts, Watson and Baister examine the policies that govern every aspect of bankruptcy law. The authors explore the interrelationship of bankruptcy with both matrimonial law and employment law, as well as the impact of the debtor’s death and various cross—border considerations.


Key Features:

  • Includes the latest statutory material
  • Addresses the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings, including The Chedington Court Estate Ltd v Brake [2023] UKSC 29, Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39, and El—Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4
  • Features new procedural guidance from recent court—issued practice notes
  • Covers up—to—date legal developments, analysing changes to jurisdictional and procedural requirements for initiating bankruptcy proceedings and their immediate effects


This book is an essential resource for lawyers, insolvency practitioners and litigation funders. It is also relevant to academics and students concerned with issues relating to personal insolvency.

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Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition
This second edition of Bankruptcy: Law and Practice is a comprehensive and thoroughly updated guide to the law of bankruptcy in England and Wales. Alaric Watson and Stephen Baister provide fresh perspectives on the practical application of this key area of personal insolvency law, providing an in—depth analysis of its operation in practice.


Drawing on key historical and socio—economic contexts, Watson and Baister examine the policies that govern every aspect of bankruptcy law. The authors explore the interrelationship of bankruptcy with both matrimonial law and employment law, as well as the impact of the debtor’s death and various cross—border considerations.


Key Features:

  • Includes the latest statutory material
  • Addresses the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings, including The Chedington Court Estate Ltd v Brake [2023] UKSC 29, Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39, and El—Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4
  • Features new procedural guidance from recent court—issued practice notes
  • Covers up—to—date legal developments, analysing changes to jurisdictional and procedural requirements for initiating bankruptcy proceedings and their immediate effects


This book is an essential resource for lawyers, insolvency practitioners and litigation funders. It is also relevant to academics and students concerned with issues relating to personal insolvency.

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Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition

Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition

Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition

Bankruptcy: Law and Practice: Second Edition

Overview

This second edition of Bankruptcy: Law and Practice is a comprehensive and thoroughly updated guide to the law of bankruptcy in England and Wales. Alaric Watson and Stephen Baister provide fresh perspectives on the practical application of this key area of personal insolvency law, providing an in—depth analysis of its operation in practice.


Drawing on key historical and socio—economic contexts, Watson and Baister examine the policies that govern every aspect of bankruptcy law. The authors explore the interrelationship of bankruptcy with both matrimonial law and employment law, as well as the impact of the debtor’s death and various cross—border considerations.


Key Features:

  • Includes the latest statutory material
  • Addresses the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings, including The Chedington Court Estate Ltd v Brake [2023] UKSC 29, Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39, and El—Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4
  • Features new procedural guidance from recent court—issued practice notes
  • Covers up—to—date legal developments, analysing changes to jurisdictional and procedural requirements for initiating bankruptcy proceedings and their immediate effects


This book is an essential resource for lawyers, insolvency practitioners and litigation funders. It is also relevant to academics and students concerned with issues relating to personal insolvency.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781035350407
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date: 06/28/2026
Series: Elgar Corporate and Insolvency Law and Practice series
Pages: 548
Product dimensions: 6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alaric Watson, Barrister, Gatehouse Chambers and Stephen Baister, Consultant, Wedlake Bell LLP, Mediator, 3 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, formerly non—executive Director, Manolete Partners plc., Chief Bankruptcy Registrar of the High Court and Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, UK
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