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Urgent statutory demand applications

Setting Aside Statutory Demands

If you have been served with a statutory demand, urgent action may be required. An application to set aside the demand may be available where the debt is disputed, overstated, procedurally defective or subject to a genuine counterclaim.

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18-day deadlineApplications to set aside usually require urgent action. Disputed debtsAdvice where the debt is genuinely disputed or overstated. Petition riskEarly intervention may prevent escalation to insolvency proceedings.
Urgent court application

Set Aside a Statutory Demand

Not all statutory demands are valid. A statutory demand may be challenged where there is a genuine dispute, procedural defect, excessive charge, counterclaim or set-off.

Disputed debt

  • The debt is genuinely disputed
  • The amount claimed is incorrect

Excessive charges

  • Penalties may be disputed
  • Charges may be overstated

Procedural failure

  • Improper service
  • Failure to follow procedure

Counterclaim or set-off

  • Valid cross-claim
  • Set-off against the debt
West London Law prepares and files urgent court applications to challenge demands, stop further legal action and protect your company’s assets and trading position.
Deadline pressure

Why Act Quickly?

Time is not on your side. You may only have 18 days to apply to set aside a statutory demand, and after 21 days a creditor may seek to issue a bankruptcy petition or winding-up petition.

Early legal intervention can help assess the demand, prepare evidence, challenge the creditor’s position and avoid unnecessary escalation.

Court applications

Urgent Applications to Set Aside

A statutory demand should not be ignored. If the deadline is missed, the creditor may use the demand as evidence of insolvency and take further action.

We can advise on the merits of an application, prepare evidence, respond to creditor pressure and act quickly where insolvency proceedings are threatened.

How we assist

Strategic Statutory Demand Defence

Reviewing the demand

  • Debt amount
  • Service and procedure

Preparing evidence

  • Witness statement
  • Supporting documents

Creditor response

  • Negotiation
  • Withdrawal requests

Court application

  • Set aside application
  • Urgent procedural steps

Settlement options

  • Payment proposals
  • Commercial resolution

Insolvency risk

  • Bankruptcy petitions
  • Winding-up petitions
Early advice may improve the options available before the statutory demand is relied upon for further insolvency action.

Need to Set Aside a Statutory Demand?

For urgent advice on disputed debts, statutory demands or threatened insolvency proceedings, contact us promptly.

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Gurvir Birang is a practising solicitor, founder, litigator and bankruptcy expert, authorised and regulated by the SRA. Gurvir Birang practices from Spencer West LLP.  Spencer West LLP is authorised and regulated by the SRA.

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