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Re A Company, no. 0089 of 1894, 1894 2 Ch 349

Re A Company, no. 0089 of 1894, 1894 2 Ch 349


Citation:Re A Company, no. 0089 of 1894, 1894 2 Ch 349

Link to case on WorldLII.

Rule of thumb:If there is a fairly large debt sent as being owed to a company, and they do not respond, are you allowed to raise an insolvency action, rather than just an ordinary debt action? If it is a large debt, quite possibly, yes.

Judgment:

, ‘Rich men and rich companies who did not pay their debts only had themselves to blame if people thought that they could not pay them’, Vaisey J

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