In a suit for recovery of money, the following to aspect can be pleaded by the Defendant in his written statement .
Where a debtor has a cross-claim against a creditor, the reduction or extinguishment of the creditor’s claim by the amount of his cross-claim is ‘set off’
Equity means equal
Legal Set Off – order 7 rule 6
Equitable Set Off -order 20 rule 19(3)
Sum must be ascertained or liquidated
Sum need not be ascertained or an unliquidated sum
