Summary Richard Fowler acted for the successful appellant landlord, Sara, before the Court of Appeal and at first instance in a dispute over service charges claimed pursuant to a “conclusive certification” clause in leases of commercial premises. The reasoning of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is also applicable in...

Summary Thomas Grant QC and Thomas Fletcher were instructed by Grosvenor Law on behalf of the Claimants (“Maroil”) in respect of an application for security for costs made by the Defendants (“Novoship”). The application raised an important point of principle on when a claimant should be ordered to provide security...

The Isle of Man’s Staff of Government Division has allowed an appeal and made a disclosure order against a non-cause of action defendant to a freezing order and interveners who were contending that a freezing order should be discharged. In doing so, the Court affirmed the flexibility of the...

Summary The Upper Tribunal imposed an agreement on a housing trust under the Communications Act 2003 Sch.3A Pt 4 para.20 conferring on a telecommunications operator rights to install and operate equipment on the roof of a building. The tribunal determined the extent to which the operator should be able to upgrade...

Successfully obtaining interim injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants (non-solicitation and non-compete) and restrain use of confidential information against a former director and employee pending trial.

Summary A standard 2002 ISDA Master Agreement governing certain foreign exchange transactions was not varied by the defendant bank’s standard terms so as to incorporate an alleged market practice of retrospectively adjusting prices where there had been market disruption. Andrew Twigger QC was instructed at first instance and on appeal...

Facts The applicant Financial Conduct Authority sought a declaration as to whether the court's leave was required for the issue of a "warning notice" against the respondent company under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 s.92 and s.126.The respondent had been subject to a winding-up order. The declaration was...

Summary John McGhee QC and Maxim Cardew successfully appear for Prudential (the landlord) in a claim brought by EMI (the guarantor) in relation to a lease of valuable commercial premises on Oxford Street formerly occupied by HMV. Maxim also analyses the decision in an article, which can be found here....

Summary The Supreme Court has today delivered a landmark judgment on issues of equity and charity law. In Cooper v Lehtïmaki; Re The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK) [2020] UKSC 33, the Supreme Court held that the members of a charitable company stood in a fiduciary relationship vis-à-vis the...