"...a comprehensive, well-structured guide for those dealing with insolvency and restructuring aspects on a regular basis." German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce* This manual examines the main formal processes involved in the world of corporate insolvency and restructuring such as liquidation, administration, receivership, company voluntary arrangements and schemes of arrangement. The Fourth Edition covers: - The Part 26A scheme of arrangement (or 'restructuring plan'), standalone moratorium and provisions for the protection of supplies introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 - The regulations concerning disposals by an administrator to connected persons - The Supreme Court decision in BTI 2014 LLC vSequana S.A. and others clarifying when directors have a duty to creditors rather than shareholders - The legislative changes accompanying Brexit and other important developments in case law relating to cross-border matters - The use of special managers in complex compulsory liquidations as seen in the cases of Carillion, British Steel and Thomas Cook - The Pensions Schemes Act 2021 and its impact on the restructuring landscape This is an indispensable reference source for experienced practitioners and offers junior professionals, company directors and company secretaries a valuable introduction to the subject. *Review of a previous edition

It is over twenty years since Jared Diamond focused attention on the possible existence of assembly rules for communities. Since then there has been a proliferation of studies trying to promote, refute, or test the idea that there are sets of constraints (rules) on community formation and maintenance (assembly). This timely volume brings together carefully selected contributions which examine the question of the existence and nature of assembly rules with some rigor and in some detail, using both theoretical and empirical approaches in a variety of systems. The result is a balanced treatment which encompasses a wide range of topics within ecology including competition and coexistence, conservation and biodiversity, niche theory, and biogeography. As such it provides much to interest a broad audience of ecologists, while also making an important contribution to the study of community ecology in particular.