Succession Act 1981

The right of retainer of a personal representative and the personal representative’s right to prefer creditors are hereby abolished.

Nevertheless a personal representative—

other than one mentioned in paragraph (b), who, in good faith and at a time when the personal representative has no reason to believe that the deceased’s estate is insolvent, pays the debt of any person (including himself or herself) who is a creditor of the estate; or

to whom letters of administration have been granted solely by reason of the personal representative being a creditor and who, in good faith and at such a time pays the debt of another person who is a creditor of the estate;