Bateman Television Limited and Another v Coleridge Finance Company Limited - [1969] NZLR 794

Company law — Petition for winding up — General — Demand signed by solicitor for creditor company — Debt disputed — Whether action to determine debt required — Companies Act 1955, s. 218

Hire purchase — Nature of transaction — Television sets bought by one company and supplied to second company which hired to public — Conditional purchase agreements between companies assigned to finance company — Not registered — Whether hiring company a retail dealer — Sale "at retail" — Whether documents shams — Chattels Transfer Act 1924, ss. 23, 57 — Chattels Transfer Amendment Act 1931, s. 2 — Statutes Amendment Act 1936, s. 16 — Moneylenders Act 1908 — Hire Purchase and Credit Sales Stabilisation Regulations 1957 (Reprint) (S.R. 1967/192), Regs. 2 (3), 3, 6, 10 and First Schedule.