Acknowledging the importance of Scottish insolvency law to our customers we have developed a set of content on Scottish insolvency law for Scottish practitioners. The content provides an essential resource for Scottish practitioners while the guidance about the differences between insolvency law in Scotland and England and Wales will assist practitioners in England and Wales in cross-border transactions where it is necessary to have an understanding of insolvency law in Scotland.
The Scotland collection is a research tool collating guidance on key areas of law that are specifically relevant to Scotland. The collection brings together Scots-law content from across a number of practice areas and includes links to Practice Notes, Checklists and Q&As as well as legal articles and analysis on legal issues directly affecting Scotland. See: Scotland collection.
The scope and content of the Scottish insolvency law topic is being developed in collaboration with leading experts in Scottish insolvency practice:
David Menzies of ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland)
Tim Cooper of Addleshaw Goddard LLP
James Lloyd of Harper Macleod LLP
Eileen Maclean of Insolvency
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