Profile
Ian Fletcher is the Professor of International Commercial Law and joined the
Faculty in January 2001.
From 1991 he was Professor of Commercial
Law and Head of the Insolvency Law Unit, Centre for Commercial Law Studies,
Queen Mary and Westfield College,
London University. He had been the Director of the Centre for Commercial
Law Studies at QMW since 1994 with responsibility for the academic and
administrative
direction of that department. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University
of Texas at Austin and at Tulane University. He taught at the University
of Aberystwyth from 1967-1991, was Head of Department from 1985-88, and became
Professor
of Law in 1986.
He was elected as a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 2003, and currently practises
as a Barrister at 3-4 South Square, Gray's Inn. He has been a member of the
American Law Institute since 1997, and in 2002 he was elected an International
Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is a member of INSOL International
and has been the Chair of its Academics’ Group since 1994. He is also
a member of the Insolvency Lawyers' Association, INSOL Europe (formerly the
European Insolvency Practitioners' Association) and the International Insolvency
Institute. He was an Overseas Member of the United States National Bankruptcy
Conference from1995 to 2001. He served as a member of the Task Force formed
by the World Bank to develop principles and guidelines for effective insolvency
systems. In December 2005 he was appointed Co-Reporter of the joint project
formed by the American Law Institute and the International Insolvency Institute
to investigate the feasibility of international dissemination of Principles
of Co-operation in Transnational Insolvency Cases.
His current teaching encompasses
Corporate Insolvency, International Commercial Litigation, International
Business Transactions and International and Comparative
Insolvency Law.
Research Ian Fletcher's principal research activity lies in the field
of Insolvency Law, including its domestic, international (cross-border) and comparative
aspects. His interests extend across both personal and corporate insolvency law.
His most recently completed research and writing projects include the second
edition (2005) of his book Insolvency in Private International Law,
first published by Oxford University Press in March 1999. The book deals, inter
alia, with the latest developments such as the European Union Insolvency Regulation,
the UNCITRAL Model Law, and other international agreements to regulate the problems
of cross-border insolvency.
In 2002 he produced a third edition of his treatise on The Law of Insolvency,
published by Sweet & Maxwell, and the same year saw the publication of a
jointly-written commentary on the EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings.
Publications Sole Author
Insolvency in Private International Law: National and International
Approaches, Oxford University Press, 2 nd. Edition (2005) (lxvii + 465
pp.).
The Law of Insolvency, Sweet & Maxwell. First Edition: 1990 (lxxxix
+ 650 pages); Second Edition: 1996 (ci + 837 pp.; Third Edition: 2002 (cix
+ 920 pages) (Chaper 14 - Receivers - pp 373-424, contributed by Letitia Crabb).
Joint Author
The EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: A Commentary and Annotated
Guide (jointly with G.Moss, S. Isaacs and others), Oxford University
Press 2002 (xxxv + 352 pages). Author of chapters 1, 3 and 4.
Edited Books
Cross-Border Insolvency: National and Comparative Studies (Reports
Delivered at the XIII International Congress of Comparative Law, Montreal
1990) (XIV
+ 311pp.). Published in 1992 by the Max-Planck-Institut, Hamburg, with
J.C.B. Mohr
(Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, in the series Materialiem zum ausländischen
und internationalen Privatrecht. Author of the Introduction (pp. IX-XIV);
Chapter 12 (Report for England and Wales) (pp.217-242), and also the General
Report and Comparative Study, which comprises Part II of the book (pp. 269-303).
The General
Report was also published in United Kingdom Law in the 1990's (Editor:
J.P. Gardner) (1990, United Kingdom Comparative Law Series, volume 10),
pp. 27-63.
Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law (jointly edited
with L. Mistelis and M.Cremona). Published in 2001 by Sweet & Maxwell
(xxxii + 566 pages). Author of Introduction (pp. xxxi - xxxii) and Chapter
32 (pp 496-511).
Chapters
in Books
"The European Union Convention on Insolvency Proceedings: an Overview
and Comment, with US Interest in Mind", in W.L. Norton Jr, (Ed.), 1990-2000
Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law (West Group, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999)
pp. 843-867.
"The Operation of Security Rights in the context of an International
Insolvency", Report of the Law of England and Wales delivered at the
XV International Congress of Comparative Law, Bristol 1998, in United
Kingdom Law for the Millennium (United Kingdom Comparative Law Series,
Volume 19, compiled by the United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative
Law) (1998), Chapter 18 (pp. 495-531).
"Juggling with Norms: the Conflict Between Collective and Individual
Rights Under Insolvency Law", in Ross Cranston (Ed.), Making Commercial
Law: Essays in Honour of Roy Goode (Oxford University Press, 1997), Chapter
17 (pp.391-417).
"International Insolvency: A Case for Study and Treatment", published
as Chapter 5 in J.J. Norton, Chia-Jui Cheng and I.F.Fletcher (Eds.) International
Banking Operations and Practices: Current Developments (1994), pp. 147-167.
(Also published in (1993) 27, The International Lawyer, pp.429-443.
"Voidable Transactions in Bankruptcy: British Law Perspectives",
in J.S.Ziegel (Ed.), Current Developments in International and Comparative
Corporate Insolvency Law (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994), Chapter 12 (pp.
297-311).
"The Istanbul Convention and the Draft EEC Convention", in E Aderhold
and others (editors): Festschrift für Hans Hanisch (Carl Heymanns Verlag,
Cologne 1994), pp. 89-107, also published in J.S Ziegel (Ed.) Current Developments
in International and Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law (Oxford University
Press, 1994), Chapter 32 (pp.709-727).
"The Quest for Global Insolvency Law: A Challenge for Our Time",
in M. Freeman (Ed), Volume 55, Current Legal Problems (Oxford University Press,
2002), pp.427-445.
“International Insolvency in Transformation: United Kingdom Perspectives
on Implementation of the European Union Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings”,
in P. Gottwald (Ed), Aktuelle Entwicklungen des europaischen und internationalen
Zivilverfahrensrechts (Gieseking-Verlag, Bielefeld, 2002), pp.279-326.
“The Challenge of Change: First Experiences of Life under the EC Regulation
on Insolvency proceedings in the UK”, in Annual Review of Insolvency
Law, 2003 (Toronto, Carswell, 2004), pp.431-455.
Insolvency (published by Sweet & Maxwell, 5 volumeslooseleaf,
updated thrice yearly), Senior Editors - P Totty and G Moss. During 1990-1994
he had responsibility for updating and developing Part F (Insolvency of Individuals)
(comprising chapers 10 to 20 inclusive). From 1994 he has been responsible
for Chapter H9: International Recognition (50pp.).
Palmer's Company Law, 25th Edition, 1992 (Sweet & Maxwell), Principal
Editor Geoffrey Morse. (Looseleaf, 8 volumes plus volume of tables and index,
updated five times annually). Responsible for Parts 14 and 15 so far as relating
to the law of England and Wales. Part 14 deals with Administration orders,
Receivership and Voluntary Arrangements; Part 15 deals with Winding Up of
companies.
Other Edited Publications
Editor (1992 - ): International Insolvency Review (published by John
Wiley & Sons Ltd.). Volume 2, Issues 1 & 2, pp. 1-262 (1993), Volume
3, Issues 1 & 2, pp. 1-206 (1994); Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2, pp. 1-198
and Special Conference Issue, pp 1-115 (1995); Volume 5, Issues 1 & 2, pp.
1-185 (1996); Volume 6, Issues 1, 2 & 3, pp. 1-252 (1997); Volume 7, Issues
1, 2 & 3, pp. 1-202 (1998); Volume 8, Issues 1, 2, & 3, pp.1-202 (1999);
Volume 9, Issues 1-3, pp.1-244 (2000); volume 10 (pp1-264) (2001); Volume 11
(pp 1-200) (2002); Volume 12, (pp.1-189) (2003); Volume 13 (pp.1-212) (2004);
Volume 14 (pp.1-234) (2005)
PhD supervision
Ian Fletcher welcomes approaches from prospective doctoral students; his areas
of expertise
are Insolvency Law and International Commercial Law.
He is currenly supervising the following students:
John Tribe is undertaking an historical examination of the treatment of
debtors and the use of punishment in English insolvency law
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