Summary A judge had been entitled to order the trial of an issue as to whether a Russian businessman was the beneficial owner of shares in a company for the purposes of freezing and receivership orders made against him. Facts The court had to determine whether a judge was wrong...

The Registrar of Companies was required to remove from the register a statement of proposals made under the Insolvency Act 1986 Sch.B1 para.49 and to replace them with amended proposals submitted by the company's administrators. Some of the material in the original proposals fell within the ambit of the Insolvency...

Summary The court set out how the service charge payable for the last accounting period of a commercial lease should be calculated. Facts The claimant tenant (F), which had been party to a commercial lease in respect of which the defendant (L) was the landlord, sought a determination of the...

Summary It was appropriate to grant an individual summary judgment in his claim for delivery up and/or destruction of certain documents that contained sensitive personal data and in respect of which he had not waived privilege. Facts The applicant (S) applied for summary judgment in his claim for delivery...

Summary Certain documents sent by the administrator of a mutual fund to members, including contract notes recording any redemption of shares made, constituted "certificates" which were binding on the fund under its articles of association. Facts The appellant financial institutions (X) appealed against a decision of the Eastern Caribbean Court...

Summary Members of a pension scheme were not estopped from disputing that defective deeds, which had been intended to make changes to the scheme, were validly executed. The court also confirmed that it was possible for an estoppel by representation to be based on a representation purely of law. Facts...

Summary A voluntary settlement was rectified where the claimants had erroneously been included as settlors which excluded them from the class of beneficiaries. Facts The claimants (C) sought the rectification of a 1995 settlement. C were part of a family which operated a farming business through a family company. Shares in...

Summary A deed of adherence added a new associated employer to a pension scheme and extended the benefits of the scheme to the new employer's employees. Without further documentation, the deed did not limit those employees to less generous benefits under the scheme, as the employers had intended. Facts The...