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

Who enjoys statutory preferred creditor status? What justifications exist for jurisdictions to maintain statutes that favour 'priority' creditors over other creditors and contributories? This book analyses the traditional categories of priorities in corporate insolvency and explores potential new categories for statutory priority status. It examines the topic from an Australian perspective but draws appropriate comparisons with other Common Law countries such as the UK, Canada, New Zealand and the US.