Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: The insolvency legislation of 1985 and 1986 -- Director disqualification: Nature and effective of orders; procedure and evidence -- Director disqualification: The background -- Director disqualification: Grounds -- Disqualification on conviction of an indictable offence -- Disqualification for persistence breaches of companies legislation -- Disqualification for fraud, fraudulent trading or breach of duty revealed in a winding up -- Disqualification on summary conviction -- Disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies -- Disqualification after investigation of company -- Disqualification on grounds of fraudulent or wrongful trading -- Directors' personal liability: Fraudulent trading -- Directors' personal liability: Wrongful trading -- Directors' personal liability: Acting while disqualified and use of prohibited company name -- Directors' personal liability under other legislation -- Application for leave to act as a director while disqualified -- Insolvency practitioners and their role.