Question 1 of 6

The claimant company is a breakfast cereal manufacturing company. The claimant has issued proceedings to claim losses of £200,000 from the defendant, a grain supplier, for breach of contract. You act for the defendant who has submitted its defence. Yesterday, a leading food trade magazine published an article about the claimant’s inability to meet customer demand for breakfast cereal and that it is experiencing cashflow difficulties. The defendant has therefore today checked the claimant’s most recent annual accounts filed at Companies House which show a loss of £215,000. What would be the most appropriate interim application that the defendant might make?