Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 97 (Nov)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Leslie Kosmin QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation Andrew Hogan (instructed by Woolliscrofts, Stoke on Trent) for the appellant.
  James Pickering (instructed by The Smith Partnership, Derby) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates: 7 November 2001

Catchwords

Statutory demand - Application to set aside statutory demand - Appeal - Statutory demand arising out of moneys owing under finance agreement - Appellant alleging district judge erring in law - Whether triable issue existing between parties.

The Case

On an appeal against a decision of the district judge by which he set aside a statutory demand for debts arising under finance agreements for the lease-purchase of drilling machinery, the court ruled that there was a genuine triable issue between the parties which should be the subject of separate legal proceedings and accordingly dismissed the appeal.

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