Example sentences of "[verb] aside [art] statutory " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 28 January 1992 District Judge Harris sitting in the Liverpool County Court granted the debtor 's application to set aside a statutory demand dated 15 August 1991 which had been served on the debtor on 21 August 1991 by the creditors , Marshalls , a firm of solicitors , in respect of their unpaid bill of 31 July 1991 , and dismissed the bankruptcy petition founded on that demand , which had been issued on 20 September 1991 , on the basis that the service of the statutory demand had contravened section 69(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 2 | 1986 No. 1925 ) the court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand on an application by the debtor . |
| 3 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
| 4 | The court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand . |
| 5 | A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) . |
| 6 | Application for an extension of time to apply to set aside a statutory demand can be made to a bankruptcy judge in the High Court or to a registrar of the appropriate county court . |
| 7 | For the additional paragraphs in the affidavit in support of an application for an extension of time to apply to set aside a statutory demand , see Appendix C , form 11 . |
| 8 | Setting aside a statutory demand |
| 9 | The judge set aside a statutory demand Marshalls had served on the debtor and , in consequence , dismissed a bankruptcy petition founded on that demand . |
| 10 | Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago . |