The legal framework -- Jurisdiction -- Inability to pay -- Creditors' bankruptcy petitions -- Debtors' bankruptcy applications -- Effects of bankruptcy proceedings -- The Official Receiver -- The trustee in bankruptcy -- The bankruptcy estate -- Investigatory powers -- Realisations and the bankrupt's home -- Antecedent transactions -- Communicating with creditors -- Proving and distribution -- Annulment, recission and appeals -- Duration and discharge -- Bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings -- Matrimonial and employment law -- Death and incapacity -- Bankruptcy offences -- Cross-border considerations.