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The Crown as Creditor: Priorities and Privileges (1982)

Status: 
LRC Reports
Project Contact: 
British Columbia Law Institute
- Tel: (604) 822-0142

Overview

This project focuses on the special priorities and privileges that the provincial government (or "Crown") enjoys when it enforces its rights to be repaid on a debt. The focus is on two sources of these priorities and privileges: its historical prerogative right to priority of payment and liens that have more recently been created by legislation.

Keywords: crown; priority; privilege; prerogative; execution; corporation; agent; servant; payment; tax; levy; lien; distress; demand; notice; trust; judgment; Crown; debt; charge; creditor; government; bankruptcy; Employment Standards Act; Workers Compensation Act

Reports

57. Report on the Crown as Creditor: Priorities and Privileges

Published: 1 November 1982
The following report was produced by the now-defunct Law Reform Commission of British Columbia. It is available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Backgrounders

The Crown as Creditor: Priorities and Privileges

Published: 1 October 1982
This backgrounder is available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
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