'this is a scholarly and well-produced piece of work ... It represents a thorough, competent and well-produced piece of research. More to the point, it provides an interesting excursus into the grubby market-place from which insolvency lawyers make their money, and a useful antidote for anyone else suffering from a surfeit of commercial legal technicality.'Andrew Tettenborn, The Cambridge Law Journal

• The legal background; methods of credit control; construction of a claim; negotiation of a claim; the role of the legal profession. Appendices: Questionnaire to trade associations; extracts from the Companies Act 1985; extracts from the Insolvency Act 1986; extracts from the Sale of Goods Act 1979; sample insolvency practitioners' questionnaire.

'this is a scholarly and well-produced piece of work ... It represents a thorough, competent and well-produced piece of research. More to the point, it provides an interesting excursus into the grubby market-place from which insolvency lawyers make their money, and a useful antidote for anyone else suffering from a surfeit of commercial legal technicality.'Andrew Tettenborn, The Cambridge Law Journal

• The legal background; methods of credit control; construction of a claim; negotiation of a claim; the role of the legal profession. Appendices: Questionnaire to trade associations; extracts from the Companies Act 1985; extracts from the Insolvency Act 1986; extracts from the Sale of Goods Act 1979; sample insolvency practitioners' questionnaire.