Summary Certain amendments to particulars of claim were allowed where they did not distort and extend the trial. The amendments related to evidence that had arisen from German trades that were part of alleged VAT fraud involving the sale and purchase of European Union allowances under the European Emission Trading...
Summary The court was required to determine consequential and costs issues after giving judgment on an application for permission to continue proceedings against two companies in administration, and an application by the administrators to be indemnified out of trust assets under the principle in Berkeley Applegate (Investment Consultants) Ltd (No.1),...
Summary The court refused an application by administrators for the court to review findings made in a previous hearing by reference to "without prejudice save as to costs" material. Facts The court had to determine whether it could revise certain conclusions it had reached in [2016] EWHC 3179 (Ch), [2017] 1 B.C.L...
Summary The Government did not have power under the Crown's prerogative to give notice pursuant to TEU art.50(2) for the UK to withdraw from the EU. An Act of Parliament was required. Facts The secretary of state appealed against a decision that the Government could not give notice of the...
Summary The Government did not have power under the Crown's prerogative to give notice pursuant to TEU art.50(2) for the UK to withdraw from the EU. An Act of Parliament was required. Facts The secretary of state appealed against a decision that the Government could not give notice of the...
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Summary An underlessee who had sold her flat and removed all her belongings from it was in breach of a covenant not to part with possession of the flat without the lessor's prior written consent. Such consent had not been unreasonably withheld as the purchaser of the property was also...
Summary The High Court determined that it had jurisdiction to hear a claim brought by an English company against its Turkish parent concerning the validity of amendments to its articles of association and of notices served by the parent under the Companies Act 2006 s.303 and s.305. The claim fell within...
Summary In a negligence claim against accountants arising from the recommendation of tax-avoidance schemes in 2001 and 2003, it would not be appropriate, subject to one exception, to allow the claimants to amend the particulars of claim. The new allegations represented new claims and did not arise out of the same or...