Summary Appropriate orders as to costs arising out of the collapse of three applications centring upon the "extraordinary" circumstances in which a debtor came to propose a new voluntary arrangement within months of completing a previous one: nominee's liability arising out of his failure to exercise a proper and critical...

Summary Under the Electricity Act 1989, an electricity supplier was not authorised to use its prepayment meters to collect water charges. Facts Application for a declaration that running an electricity and water prepayment scheme was within the claimant's statutory powers. The claimant ('Swalec') was a licensed public electricity supplier ('PES') under...

Summary A common intention to reserve a right of some kind which was unspecific as to the precise nature and extent of that right could not found a case for the implication of the reservation. Facts Defendant's appeal from the order of HH Judge Maddocks made on 18 July 1997 dismissing the...

Summary Appeal against decision of Rent Assessment Committee; failure to adhere to time limits; impact of delay.

Summary The court had power to impose conditions on the restoration of a company when exercising its jurisdiction under s.653 Companies Act 1985. However the imposition of conditions was not to be regarded as an opportunity for parties who were neither the company concerned or the Company Registrar to obtain benefits...

Summary Claimant had equitable interest in property assigned in course of business transaction. Facts The claimant ('B') sought to establish that a trust had been created in the Holwood House Estate ('the Estate'), which he had assigned to the defendant ('G') personally in order that G should be able to...

Summary Where a company had been struck off the register of companies, once an applicant could establish that a company had some real prospect of being valuable then, save in a very unusual case, the right course would be to restore the company to the register and let any other...

Summary Whilst the court was content to declare that proposed works did not constitute "structural alterations" to the subject property, it declined to declare that the same works did not constitute alterations to its external appearance: this could only be judged once the works were completed. Facts Claimant's action for...

Summary An insurer's duty of disclosure did not go beyond facts which were material to the insurance contract. * Leave to appeal to the House of Lords refused. Facts Appeals by the defendants ('the Names') against the decisions of Rix J and Rimer J to the effect that the Names had...