Joshua Getzler is a fellow and tutor at St Hugh's College, Oxford and a CUF University Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
Jennifer Payne is the Travers Smith University Lecturer in Corporate Finance at Oxford University, and a fellow and tutor of Merton College.

• Foreword


• Preface


• 1: Gabriel Moss: Fictions and Floating Charges: Some Reflections on the House of Lords' Decision in Spectrum


• 2: Sir Roy Goode: The Case for the Abolition of the Floating Charge


• 3: Sarah Worthington: Floating Charges: The Use and Abuse of Doctrinal Analysis


• 4: Louise Gullifer and Jennifer Payne: The Characterization of Fixed and Floating Charges


• 5: Nicholas Frome and Kate Gibbons: Spectrum: An End to the Conflict or the Signal for a New Campaign?


• 6: Philip R Wood: A Review of Brumark and Spectrum in an International Setting


• 7: Robert Stevens: Security After the Enterprise Act


• 8: Look Chan Ho: The Debenture-Holder's Liability in Unjust Enrichment after Spectrum


• 9: John Armour: Should We Redistribute in Insolvency?


• 10: Joshua Getzler: The Role of Security over Future and Circulating Capital: Evidence from the British Economy circa 1850-1920


• 11: Julian Franks and Oren Sussman: The Economics of English Insolvency: Some Recent Developments


• 12: Michael Bridge: The Law Commission's Proposals for the Reform of Corporate Security Interests

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.