Statutory priorities in corporate insolvency law : an analysis of preferred creditor status / Christopher F. Symes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-281) and index

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 by 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