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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...

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Any money due for interest on debts proven in the winding up process.

Since the Bankruptcy Act 1542 a key principle of insolvency law has been that losses are shared among creditors proportionately. Creditors who fall into the same class will share proportionally in the losses (e.g. each creditor gets 50 pence for each £1 she is owed). However, this pari passu principle only operates among creditors within...

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Fixed charge holders

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   ...

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