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Old 15-Jul-2005, 11:57
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Hello,

is it possible to say "mutual set-off of claims" (or without "mutual"?) and "the company X has claims against the company Y"?

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The first is OK, but without more context, I can't say whether you can omit mutual. With the second, what is the company doing? Is it suing?
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The second case also refers to the set-off of claims. It just says that a company X has claims against company Y and that these claims will be set-off against the claims of company Y against company X and, as a result, company X will have no liabilities against company Y.
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I'd say something like 'company X is making a claim/claims against company Y, which will be set off against company Y's claims against company X, cancelling each other out'.
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OK, thank you very much
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