Locus standi in winding-up claims: objections to a third party's claim must be raised before the Official Liquidator, not by court intervention.

A person claiming against a company in winding-up proceedings is entitled to lodge the claim before the Official Liquidator, who must scrutinise and decide it on merits, including objections that the claim is frivolous, baseless, fraudulent, dishonest, or barred. The applicant could have raised such objections before the Official Liquidator, but had no legal basis to seek court directions to reject or quash the third party's claim. The application was therefore untenable for want of locus standi.

---

---

Issues: Whether the applicant had locus standi to seek directions to the Official Liquidator to reject or quash a third party's claim lodged in winding-up proceedings.

Analysis: A person claiming against a company under winding up is entitled to lodge the claim before the Official Liquidator. The Official Liquidator is required to scrutinize and adjudicate the claim on merits, including objections that the claim is frivolous, baseless, fraudulent, dishonest, or barred. The applicant could have raised objections before the Official Liquidator, but had no legal basis to invoke the Court's interference in the manner sought.

Conclusion: The applicant had no locus standi to maintain the application, and the request for interference with the claim-processing by the Official Liquidator was untenable.

---