Summary An early termination provision in the contract between the parties was not subject to any reasonableness requirement. Facts The claimant (L) claimed damages for breach of contract against the defendant (T). T was a substantial commodities trading company with its principal offices in London and Switzerland. The group had...

Summary Freezing and search orders made against the defendants in a claim for inducing a breach of contract were discharged where the claimant had failed to demonstrate that it had a good arguable case in relation to that claim, there was no real risk of dissipation of the defendants' assets,...

Summary A name and arms clause in a will, which made a beneficiary's enjoyment of an estate conditional upon the adoption of the testator's surname and upon "applying for and endeavouring to obtain" a royal licence to bear arms, was construed as containing two requirements, namely use of surname and...

Summary Where the two members of a joint venture residential development company had agreed upon a final allocation of a parcel of land in the belief that a planning application for development of the land would be granted, there was no scope for re-opening the agreed allocation when planning permission...

Summary On a proper construction of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 s.2, a nominee purchaser could acquire only those parts of a leasehold interest that it needed. Facts The appellant (D), the nominee purchaser in respect of a claim for the collective enfranchisement of a block of...

Summary Disrepair claim raising complex issues as to the assessment of the damages payable in relation to an underlease which had only a few months unexpired, including questions as to the correct approach to assessment, the proper approach to the valuation exercise, and the effect of outstanding leasehold enfranchisement claims.

Summary A county court judge had erred in finding that motor dealers had concluded several contracts of sale with a finance company. The parties' conduct could not properly be regarded as manifesting an intention to create a legal relationship in the form of a contract of sale. Facts (1) It was...

Summary The wording of the CPR r.6.37(5)(b) was wide enough to confer jurisdiction on a court to order service by alternative means in respect of service out of the jurisdiction provided the court had a good reason to do so. Facts The court was required to determine whether a...