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statutory demandassignment of debtabuse of process
Coulter v Chief Constable of Dorset
[2004] EWCA Civ 1259; [2005] 1 WLR 130; [2005] BPIR 62
Key Principle
An assignee of a judgment debt who acquires the debt only after a statutory demand has been served by the assignor is nonetheless entitled to rely on that demand and present/pursue the bankruptcy petition, the assignment carrying with it the benefit of the demand; and a debtor should not be permitted to re-argue at the petition stage points already raised and rejected on an application to set aside the statutory demand.
Area of Law
General
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