Media Entertainment Group Ltd v Immediate Assistants Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1509

The applicant has established a genuine dispute as to the existence of the debts and the amount of the second demand, thus both statutory demands are set aside.

Parties: Applicant: Media Entertainment Group Ltd; Respondent: Immediate Assistants Pty Ltd
Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 26 November 1998
Procedural Posture: Corporations Statutory Demand / Application to Set Aside Statutory Demands
Outcome: Statutory demands set aside; costs awarded to applicant.
Legal Topics: Statutory Demands, Genuine Dispute, Repayment Agreement, Acceptance of Liability for Subsidiary's Debts

Corporations Statutory Demands Genuine Dispute Repayment Agreement Acceptance of Liability for Subsidiary's Debts

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Parties

Media Entertainment Group Ltd

Applicant

Immediate Assistants Pty Ltd

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Corporations Statutory Demand / Application to Set Aside Statutory Demands

Legal Issues

1 Whether there is a genuine dispute about the existence of the debts to which the statutory demands relate
2 Whether applicant accepted liability for debts incurred by wholly owned subsidiary GHTV
3 Whether the repayment agreement was entered and executed between applicant and respondent

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant has established a genuine dispute as to the existence of the debts and the amount of the second demand, thus both statutory demands are set aside.

Court Disposition

Statutory demands set aside; costs awarded to applicant.

Orders

The statutory demands of 10 November 1997 be set aside.
The respondent pay the applicant's costs as agreed or taxed.