Summary Whether solicitor's failure to advise properly in a takeover caused the plaintiff's loss. Facts Defendant solicitors' appeal against a judgment in which they were held liable to the plaintiffs in negligence for losses sustained by the plaintiffs in consequence of defendants' failure to provide adequate advice in the course...

Summary Striking out the Official Receiver's application for an order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 for inordinate and inexcusable delay. Facts Appeal by the Official Receiver against the decision, striking out his application under s.6 Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 against Haroon Abdul Aziz for want of prosecution. Held The...

Summary A landlord in a long lease at a low rent granted at a premium is not entitled to mesne profits in addition to or in substitution for rent arrears when the tenant or sub-tenant is granted relief against forfeiture. Facts Four appeals in which mortgagees by subdemise sought relief...

Summary Company administrators' powers over the company's pension scheme to appoint and remove fund trustees. Facts A company's pensions fund trust deed provided for five trustees, three appointable and removable by the company and two appointable and removable by the members of the fund. The plaintiff was a company appointed...

Summary Time is not to be presumed as of the essence in a rent review clause in the absence of any indication in the lease to the contrary. Facts Appeal by tenant in business lease as to ruling that time was of the essence in the provisions for rent review...

Summary Third party proceedings against minister constitute "crown proceedings" and must be tried in London. Facts Appeal by the Secretary of State for the Environment against direction that trial of an action in which he had been joined by the defendant as a third party should take place in Newcastle....