Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 221 (Jun)
Court: Commercial Court
Judge:

Aikens J

Representation Richard Adkins QC (instructed by Travers Smith) for the claimant.
  Anthony Temple QC (instructed by Morgan Lewis) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 21 June 2005

Catchwords

Practice and procedure - Judgment - Summary judgment - Arguable defence - Equitable set-off.

The Case

On the facts, the defendant's counterclaim, which it was accepted had a real prospect of success, was capable of amounting to an equitable set-off of the claimant's action, and therefore the claimant would not be entitled to summary judgment.

Practice Areas

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