Summary It was not in the interests of justice to prevent a contemnor from pursuing his appeal against an order for his committal unless he complied with conditions, including surrendering to custody, as that was a disproportionate response to his contempt. Facts The applicant bank (B) applied for the dismissal...

Summary Early retirement benefits did not fall to be treated as such after normal retirement age. Pension instalments paid after normal retirement age fell to be characterised as old age benefits within the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 reg.10, notwithstanding that the pension had first come into payment...

Summary The Privy Council summarised the principles of election and merger of causes of action. The Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago) had been wrong to conclude that by obtaining default judgment against a second defendant, a claimant in a personal injury action had made an unequivocal election which precluded...

Summary A judge had erred in his construction of a clause in a sub-sub-underlease, which was inconsistent with the relevant lease when read with the supplemental agreement. Statements made in the course of the pre-contractual negotiations were no more than statements of the negotiating stance at that point in time,...

Summary The provision of housing accommodation, otherwise than for those in some relevant charitable need, was not a charitable purpose within the spirit and intendment of the preamble to the Charitable Uses Act 1601, either directly or by analogy with any other recognised purpose. It followed that the objects of a...

Summary If a taxpayer had acquired a legitimate expectation that he was entitled to the benefit of a particular concession, he also had a legitimate expectation that such concession would not be withdrawn retrospectively and that any withdrawal would be managed fairly. Facts The claimant seafarers (C) applied for judicial...

Summary A letter agreement between Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and Lehman Brothers Finance SA dating from 2006 did not affect the conduct and outcome of Close-out Amount determinations under s.6 of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, as amended, following the Automatic Early Termination of the transactions made pursuant to it. Facts The...

Summary A court granted summary judgment where it had been clear beyond doubt that defences to a company's proprietary claim would fail as even if it could have been established that company funds used to purchase property had been repayments for funds personally loaned to the company, it was not...