An appeal against the refusal to set aside a statutory demand serves no proper purpose where the period for compliance has expired without an extension being obtained, because the presumption of insolvency has irrevocably attached and no appellate order can undo that consequence. A company seeking to challenge a statutory demand must obtain an extension of the compliance period if it wishes to preserve the utility of an appeal.
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