Slipping down the priority order

Jack Jones looks at the fallout from last week's Supreme Court decision on Nortel

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Last week the Supreme Court overturned a ruling that had put financial support directions (FSD) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) ahead of all other creditors in insolvencies.

Earlier decisions by the High Court and Court of Appeal had classed liabilities relating to FSDs as an expense of the administration. This effectively gave them ‘super priority', moving them to the...

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