Summary The act of state doctrine did not apply to allegations of impropriety against foreign court decisions, whether in the case of particular decisions or in the case of a systemic dependency on the dictates or interference of the domestic government. A decision of the Amsterdam court of appeal refusing...

Summary A judge had erred in applying the costs consequences of the claimants' failure to beat a Part 36 offer when the defendants' offer did not comply with the CPR Pt 36. It was not permissible to discount a number of failures to comply with the requirements of Part 36 as matters of...

Summary This claim was for declarations as to the meaning of a contract for the sale of development land as regards payments to be made out of a contractual retention towards environmental remediation works, and an alleged estoppel against the claimant seller. Facts The contract was construed in the manner...

Summary On the proper construction of a contract, a company was entitled to payment for procuring the introduction of two companies. Facts The claimant (W) brought a claim against the defendant(G) for failure to make payment due under a contract. W had operated a theatre under the terms of...

Summary Showing or supplying the witness statements and attached documents to a third party funder so that the funder could determine whether to continue to fund the proceedings and whether to give and whether to continue to give the cross-undertaking in damages was use "for the purpose of the proceedings"...

Summary A suspended sentence of two months' imprisonment was imposed on an individual who had breached a freezing injunction by travelling outside of the jurisdiction and by failing to give up his passport. Facts The applicant bank (B) applied for the respondent (D) to be committed to prison for breaches...

Summary A recorder had not erred in principle in the manner in which he exercised his discretion on costs and the judge had not been entitled to reverse his decision. Facts The appellant (T) appealed against a decision allowing an appeal by the respondents (J) against a costs order made...

Summary There was no clear wording in an option agreement restricting a company from marketing and selling its interest in five car parks either individually or collectively. Facts The appellant (H) appealed against a decision concerning the proper interpretation of an option agreement made between H and the respondents (Q)...

Summary A company's chief executive and managing director who had perpetrated fraud by swap agreements and misrepresentations to investors was liable to the company and its liquidators for breach of his fiduciary duties and in the tort of deceit. Facts The claimant company (W) and its liquidators (L) sought relief...