Order of priority of expenses of liquidation
7.28.—(1) All fees, costs, charges and other expenses incurred in the course of the liquidation are to be treated as expenses of the liquidation.
(2) The expenses associated with the prescribed part must be paid out of the prescribed part.
(3) The expenses of the liquidation are payable out of the assets of the company in the following order of priority—
(a)any outlays properly chargeable or incurred by the provisional liquidator or liquidator in carrying out the functions of the provisional liquidator or liquidator in the liquidation including any costs referred to in Article 30 and 59 of the EU Regulation, except those outlays specifically mentioned in the following sub-paragraphs;
(b)the cost, or proportionate cost, of any caution provided by a provisional liquidator, liquidator or special manager in accordance with the Act or these Rules;
(c)the remuneration of the provisional liquidator (if any);
(d)the expenses of the petitioner in the liquidation, and of any person appearing in the petition whose expenses are allowed by the court;
(e)the remuneration of the special manager (if any);
(f)any amount payable to a person employed or authorised, under Chapter 4 of Part 5, to assist in the preparation of a statement of affairs or of accounts;
(g)the remuneration or emoluments of any person who has been employed by the liquidator to perform any services for the company, as required or authorised by or under the Act or these Rules;
(h)the remuneration of the liquidator determined in accordance with rules 7.11 to 7.15;
(i)the amount of any corporation tax on chargeable gains accruing on the realisation of any asset of the company (without regard to whether the realisation is effected by the liquidator, a secured creditor or otherwise).