In Newtons of Wembley v. Williams a rogue bought a car and persuaded the seller to accept a cheque.

You should never accept a cheque without a guarantee card.

HMRC will only accept a postdated cheque in the following circumstances:

As consolation, he accepted a £1,000 cheque and the additional prize of being named the Institute's top trainee.

I spoke to Stansted, Essex, on the telephone and asked them if the would accept a cheque for the fuel, to which the reply was 'Yes'.

After getting into debt through gambling, Henry accepted a forged cheque from a friend as a loan.

Thus a seller who in the normal way has accepted a cheque which is later dishonoured, is an unpaid seller.

A payee that accepts a cheque will typically deposit it in an account at the payee's bank, and have the bank process the cheque.

Miss Marple herself had been urged by her nephew's wife, Joan, in the sweetest way possible, to accept "a small cheque".

It was literally on the day that we were accepting a cheque for over £30m.