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The Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1897 (61 Vict. c.19) was an
Act of Parliament
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of the
United Kingdom
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, affecting
UK insolvency law
United Kingdom insolvency law regulates companies in the United Kingdom which are unable to repay their debts. While UK bankruptcy law concerns the rules for natural persons, the term insolvency is generally used for companies formed under the ...
. It amended the category of "
preferential payments" for rates, taxes and wages, to take priority over a
floating charge
A floating charge is a security interest over a fund of changing assets of a company or other legal person. Unlike a fixed charge, which is created over ascertained and definite property, a floating charge is created over property of an ambulator ...
in an insolvent company's assets. The Act was passed in broad response to the decision of the
House of Lords
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in .
[ at paragraph 132, per Lord Walker: "''Saloman v Saloman & Co Ltd'' was decided by this House on 16 November 1896. WIth remarkable promptness Parliament responded by enacting sections 2 and 3 of the Preference Payments in Bankrtupcy Amendment Act 1897".]
Section 1 of the
Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Act 1888 first introduced the concept. It was amended by section 2 of the Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1897.
The provisions were re-enacted in the
Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908
The Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Cases decided under this Act
*''Re Parkes Garage (Swadlincote) Ltd'' 929
Year 929 ( CMXX ...
, the
Companies Act 1929
The Companies Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo.5 c.23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Provisions
Forms made under the 1929 Act introduced the term "Companies Cou ...
and the
Companies Act 1948
The Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo.6 c.38) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Cases decided under this Act
*''Bushell v Faith'' 970AC 1099
*''Scottish ...
.
Its provisions were largely ineffective as a floating charge would invariably crystallise into a fixed charge prior to enforcement. It was not until the
Insolvency Act 1986
The Insolvency Act 1986c 45 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provides the legal platform for all matters relating to personal and corporate insolvency in the UK.
History
The Insolvency Act 1986 followed the publication and ...
that the definition of floating charge was expanded to include any charge which was created as a fixed charge (i.e. irrespective of subsequent crystallisation).
See also
*''
Re Barleycorn Enterprises Ltd''
970
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UK insolvency law
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UK bankruptcy law
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History of bankruptcy law
The history of bankruptcy law begins with the first legal remedies available for recovery of debts. Bankruptcy is the legal status of a legal person unable to repay debts.
Ancient world
In Ancient Greece, bankruptcy did not exist. If a man owed ...
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