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The High Court restrained presentation of a winding-up petition because the statutory demand was genuinely disputed, including over total failure of consideration and cross-claims.
Soundwave Studios Music Group Ltd v Visage Group Management Ltd [2026] EWHC 1068 (Ch) (21 May 2026)
The High Court restrained a winding-up petition, finding a genuine and substantial dispute over whether a music production contract had totally failed in consideration.
The High Court dismissed Mrs Rich’s application to set aside a statutory demand and rejected Mr Rich’s substantive opposition to a bankruptcy petition.
Rich v JDDR Capital Ltd [2026] EWHC 853 (Ch) (14 April 2026)
The High Court rejected challenges to a statutory demand and bankruptcy petition based on an alleged understanding to convert a loan into shares and related estoppel arguments.
No real prospect of success on any ground of appeal; no substantiated fraud, cross-claims were considered and rejected, and the bankruptcy order was not an abuse of process.
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Haddad v Rostamani & Ors [2026] EWHC 734 (Ch) (25 March 2026)
The High Court refused permission to appeal in a bankruptcy matter, rejecting arguments about fraud, cross-claims, and alleged abuse of process.
Leahy v Schneider Investment Associates LLP [2025] EWHC 2900 (Ch) (07 November 2025)
The High Court set aside a statutory demand, finding a genuine and substantial dispute over whether an unlimited personal guarantee was enforceable only if payment was made to MCL ahead of SIA.
The judge acted under the correct insolvency jurisdiction and was right to set aside the statutory demands as they were insufficiently clear and not for a certain and ascertained sum; the appeal is dismissed.
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District Judge erred by failing to consider events of default under clauses 23.1(c) and (o), misapplied burden of proof regarding evidence for breach of clause 18, and wrongly required compliance with all formalities of clause 18; appeal allowed and statutory demands reinstated.
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SKS Justa & Co Ltd & Anor v Justa Ltd [2025] EWHC 2120 (Ch) (08 August 2025)
The High Court dismissed an application to restrain a winding-up petition, holding the debt was not genuinely disputed and the turnover statement had been agreed under the APA.
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