A liquidator seeking to recover unfair preferences must establish insolvency by reference to the company's total financial position, not merely by demonstrating inability to pay a particular creditor. Where a creditor has agreed to defer enforcement under an instalment arrangement, that arrangement is relevant to the cash flow assessment of solvency under s 95A. Unreliable financial records and unsatisfactory expert evidence may be fatal to the plaintiff's case on insolvency.
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