Reform of the law of secured transactions has been discussed in the United Kingdom_x000D_ ("UK") for more than forty years, starting with the Crowther Committee, Report of the Committee on Consumer Credit (1971), followed by the Cork Committee, Report of the Review Committee on Insolvency Law and Practice (1982), the Report by theWorking Party on Security over Moveable Property (1986) chaired by Professor John Halliday, A L Diamond, A Review of Security Interests in Property (1989), the Company Law Review Steering Group, Modern Company Law: For a Competitive Economy: Final Report (2001) and the Law Commission, Company Security Interests: A Consultative Report (2004) and Company Security Interests: Final Report (2005). Recommendations for reform made through the years have remained largely un-enacted, apart from limited changes made to the system of registration of company charges in 2013. The members of the Secured Transactions Law Reform Project ("STR") founded by Professor Sir Roy Goode and currently directed by Professor Louise Gullifer, are of the view that there are serious shortcomings in the law of England and Wales as it relates to security over personal property, even after the 2013 reforms. Secured Transactions Law Reform: Principles, Policies and Practice grew out of a conference organised by the STR to learn from the experience of other jurisdictions so as to inform the reform process in England and Wales. The volume has 24 chapters, comprising conference papers supplemented by post-conference material.