Types of Membership

Full membership

Full membership is available to a lawyer who is either an insolvency practictioner or has been associate members for at least three years; or, in the case of a solicitor or legal executive, has at least 8 years post qualification experience in insolvency and/or restruturing law; or in the case of a barrister, who is of at least ten years' call to the bar with a practice including insolvency law and/or resturcturing law.
This costs £408 (£340 plus VAT at 20%) on an annual basis.

This is available to those lawyers who have less than eight years’ post-qualification experience or, alternatively, have less than ten years’ call to the Bar.
This costs £186 (£155 plus VAT at 20%) on an annual basis.
After 3 years as an associate member, membership automatically transfers to full membership at full members’ annual rates.
Each associate member automatically becomes of member of the ILA Associates’ Network upon joining the ILA. Please click here for further information.

This is available to those lawyers practising outside the UK who have a particular interest in insolvency and restructuring matters.
This costs £186 (£155 plus VAT at 20% if applicable) on an annual basis.
To become an overseas member, candidates must either be invited by the ILA Council or applicants should provide references from a full member of the ILA who knows the applicant and who can vouch for his or her competence in insolvency law and restructuring practice.

This is available to a person holding an academic post at a place of learning or a post graduate student who has an interest in the theory and practice of insolvency law.
Academic membership is free.

This is available to those involved in full-time teaching and research involving insolvency and allied subjects.
Members under this category may be invited by the ILA Council.

These are available at the invitation of the ILA Council to members and former members of the judiciary.

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A key service provided by the ILA is the provision of bulletins keeping it’s membership up-to-date with the latest developments in insolvency law.

Below are a selection of recent topics covered:

PJSC VTB Bank v Laptev – Russian law and Russian bankruptcy precluded bankruptcy order in England
System Building Services Group – directors’ duties survive formal insolvency proceedings
Direct Affinity – OR’s administration fee and general fee where winding up order rescinded and no chargeable receipts