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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency under the UNCITRAL Model Law Regime: Commonwealth and US Perspectives by Jingchen Xu
This book considers issues regarding the treatment of maritime creditors in insolvency proceedings the determination of the “centre of main interest” of an offshore shipping company and the scope of a debtor’s assets. The author uses a comparative law analysis selecting four leading shipping countries – Australia the UK the US and Singapore – and examining their approaches of resolving the conflicts between maritime law and bankruptcy law. The book also proposes a solution to help eliminate the ambiguity that occurred in maritime cross-border insolvency cases under the UNCITRAL Model law regime with an eye to enhancing the development of the shipping industry.