Re Sunday Tribune Ltd

JurisdictionIreland
CourtHigh Court
Judgment Date26 September 1984
Docket Number[1982 No. 10,390P]
Date26 September 1984
(H.C.)
In re Sunday Tribune Ltd

Classification - Preferential debts - Test applicable - Unpaid wages or salary of servants or employees - Whether employee engaged under a contract of service or a contract for services - Claimants in first category entitled to be paid as preferential creditors -Companies Act, 1963 (No. 33), s. 285.

On the 15th November, 1982, the High Court made an order directing that The Sunday Tribune Ltd. be wound up by the court, and appointing an official liquidator. During the winding up of the company, the official liquidator applied to the court for the determination of the proper classification of the debts proved by three creditors of the company in respect of wages or salary owed to each of them by the company for services rendered to the company by each...

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