Draws together the views of some of the most eminent figures in corporate law and finance regarding the law on fixed and floating charges. This book focuses on the litigation in the case of Spectrum Plus, which culminated in a House of Lords judgment in June 2005 ([2005] UKHL 41).

This timely new work is a collection of essays focusing on different aspects relating to the recent case of Spectrum Plus. The House of Lords decision in Spectrum has generated a lot of interest in the profession and has important commercial implications for the business community as well as altering the position on charges given over book debts. These amongst other issues are discussed by the various contributors.

"...[A] collection of essays by a distinguished group of academics and practitioners with great experience in this area....This is an important book. It explores the main issues concerning fixed and floating charges with which we are currently faced. It provides overwhelming support for the proposition that the artificial, uncertain and expensive distinction drawn by insolvency law between fixed and floating charges needs to be abolished."