Irama v Formark
ContestedPoint 3: "Offset Agreement" Narrative Disputed by Administrator
Summary
Irama reports that insolvency solicitors Alice Court, Kunal Gadhvi, Darren Malone (Irwin Mitchell), their counsel Hugh Miall and Jessica Lavelle advanced a narrative in court that an "offset" agreement existed, while the administrator recorded that this was untrue. Irama's position is that this contradiction is material to how the case has been argued and managed.
9 December 2024
Darren Malone (unauthorized) signs the defendant's skeleton argument, claiming C was estopped from claiming rental arrears as they had been waived by former administrators.
20 March 2025
Darren Malone (unauthorized) signs the defendant's skeleton argument, repeating the same insolvency set off narrative.
Ongoing
Kunal Gadhvi and Alice Court give the same setoff narrative in several documents against administrator statements from the past 5 years.
7 April 2025
Before ICC Judge Greenwood. Judge states the case is "stuck with the effect of that automatic set off."
Primary Sources
Administrator statement/letter +pleadings/skeleton extracts.