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Hong Kong Case Law

Bills of exchange presumption (s.30)
  • 23 Apr 1970

    RE THE GRAND HOTEL LTD

    Citation
    RE THE GRAND HOTEL LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW3/1966

    The presumption under section 30 of the Bills of Exchange Ordinance that the company was party to the cheques and that the payee gave consideration applied in the winding-up; the Official Receiver produced no evidence to rebut that presumption, and forbearance to sue constituted valid consideration, therefore the claimant's proof of debt must be accepted and the liquidator's rejection of the claim was reversed while his limited allowance was upheld where applicable.