Summary The court construed a lease in order to determine the extent of the landlord's obligation to provide its tenants with an account in relation to the service charge payable for each accounting year. Facts The appellant landlord (M) appealed against a decision granting the respondent tenant (P) summary judgment...

Summary With regard to the interest payable on judgments under the combined effect of the Senior Courts Act 1981 s.35A, the Judgments Act 1838 s.17 and CPR r.40.8, the court construed the word "judgment" and examined factors affecting determination of the correct start and end dates, and the rate at which...

Summary A defendant who successfully applied for discharge of that part of an injunction that froze his assets in general, but who remained subject to proprietary injunctions against three specified properties, had obtained a significant win in real terms and the claimant was ordered to pay 30 per cent of his...

Summary A court heard that it was unfair and unjust to order a split trial in a breach of contract claim where the party seeking the order had failed to satisfy the court that it was appropriate to do so. However, an application to adjourn a trial date was granted...

Summary It was appropriate to allow rectification of a Tomlin order made in a bank's action to enforce charges over certain land, because the order did not reflect the parties' common intention as to the bank's rights. Facts The appellant bank (L) appealed against a decision ([2012] EWHC 2264 (Ch)) that it...

Summary It would be appropriate to stay a debt claim given that a "related action" within the meaning of Regulation 44/2001 art.28 had previously been commenced by the debtor in France. Facts The defendant French company (C) applied for a stay of an action brought by the claimant (L) in the...

Summary The owner of a holiday village was entitled to enforce positive covenants against bungalow owners in the village, requiring them to make payments in respect of the costs of maintaining the roads, car parks, and recreational facilities in the village. The bungalow owners were successors in title to the...

Summary The winding up of a Bahamanian company which had failed to respond to a statutory demand was valid where the company had failed to establish that the petition represented an abuse of the process of the court. The appellant company (E) appealed against an order for its winding-up on...

Summary There was no need for a claimant to demonstrate an imminent infringement of a legal right before the court would make a declaration concerning the relevant right. The court therefore granted a declaration concerning a claimant's right of light where the defendant had not infringed the right, but had...