Rentit Ltd v Duffield The respondent company took proceedings to recover certain instalments, amounting to about £6, due under a hire-purchase agreement. In the ordinary course, and under the County Courts (Amendment) Act 1934, s 19, the case came before the registrar. The respondent company was represented and was admittedly a consenting party; the appellant was not represented, but he wrote to the registrar alleging that the contract had been obtained by fraud.