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  The general principle, according to the Mellish LJ in Re Jeavons, ex parte Mackay[38] is that "a person cannot make it a part of his contract that, in the event of bankruptcy, he is then to get some additional advantage which prevents the property being distributed under the bankruptcy laws." So in that case, Jeavons made a contract to give...

    The law permits creditors making contracts with a company before insolvency to take a security interest over a company's property. If the security is refers to some specific asset, the holder of this "fixed charge" may take the asset away free from anybody else's interest in order to satisfy the debt. If two charges are created over...

The Insolvency Act 1986 priority list    Fixed charge holders    Insolvency practitioner fees and expenses, s 176ZA    Preferential creditors, ss 40, 115, 175, 386 and Sch 6    Ring fenced fund for unsecured creditors, s 176A and SI 2003/2097    Floating charge holders   ...