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Niger Merchants Co v Copper, 1877, 185 ChD 557

Niger Merchants Co v Copper, 1877, 185 ChD 557


Citation:Niger Merchants Co v Copper, 1877, 185 ChD 557

Link to case on WorldLII.

Rule of thumb:When can insolvency proceedings rather than debt collection proceedings be raised against an organisation? Where a company is solvent & trading, and it is not a large bill, then debt proceedings rather than insolvency proceedings should be raised.

Judgment:

‘When a company is solvent, the right course of action is to bring an action for debt’, Jessel MR

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