The revised edition of A Straightforward Guide to Bankruptcy, Insolvency an the Law is a concise guide to the processes underpinning bankruptcy and personal insolvency. In recent years, the bankruptcy process has been streamlined, with the period of bankruptcy shortened to one year. Debt relief orders are being introduced and many other policies have changed in conjunction with this. The readers of this concise book will gain a much clearer idea of the routes through the process of personal bankruptcy and company insolvency.