Summary The court determined that it was better for a committal application to be heard well before the main trial and for the judge to recuse himself because in an earlier judgment he had reached conclusions adverse to the respondents on issues that were likely to be crucial in the...

Summary CPR r.7.5 and CPR r.6.14 drew a clear distinction between the date when service was effected, and the date upon which it was deemed to have taken place. Service was effected when the step required by r.7.5 was completed, and it was the completion of that step which constituted...

Summary A notice given by a business tenant to operate a break clause in a lease was invalid, as it did not comply with the express requirements of the clause. Facts The appellant landlord (F) appealed against a decision that a notice given by the respondent tenant (S) exercising its...

Summary A judge had erred in refusing to continue a worldwide freezing injunction and a proprietary injunction on the basis of the application of the no reflective loss principle. The appellants did have a good arguable case that there had been breaches of fiduciary duties owed by co-joint venturers in...

Summary An appellant who had instructed a third party to import a car into the United Kingdom did not have locus standi to bring an appeal against a binding tariff information issued by the commissioners to the third party because it was not the "holder" of the BTI. The third...

Summary A claim brought against broadcasting entities that a television show they had launched had been developed using a business proposal submitted to them by the claimant was struck out in its entirety where the claimant had failed to adduce any material facts on which allegations of dishonesty and conspiracy...

Summary The "contributory rule", whereby a contributory of a company in liquidation could not recover anything in respect of any claims he might have as a creditor until he had fully discharged his obligations as a contributory, did not extend to administrations. Facts The joint administrators of three companies in...

Summary At the request of an executor of an estate, a court sanctioned a scheme which aimed to facilitate the resolution of personal injury claims against the estate in a speedy and inexpensive manner. Facts The applicant executor (N) applied for the court's approval of a scheme to facilitate the...

Summary At the request of an executor of an estate, a court sanctioned a scheme which aimed to facilitate the resolution of personal injury claims against the estate in a speedy and inexpensive manner. Facts he applicant executor (N) applied for the court's approval of a scheme to facilitate the...