Christopher Symes

Statutory Priorities in Corporate Insolvency Law : An Analysis of Preferred Creditor Status

Contents: Preface Introducing statutory priorities in corporate solvency The evolution of statutory priorities Theoretical perspectives and visions for statutory priorities The statutory priority of administrative expenses: a matter of rent, requisite expenses and administrator remuneration Employees as priority creditors: still the focus of attention after 180 years of statutory protection Government debt and taxation as a statutory priority Can a new statutory priority for environmental expenses be justified? Consumer prepayments and reward schemes: could these be the next statutory priorities? Musing on other possibilities for statutory priorities The justification of statutory priorities as a keystone to further research and action Bibliography Index.