Summary Delay of two years in bringing an application under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 did not amount to an abuse of process. Facts Application by the respondent (one of nine named respondents in the application of the Secretary of State) to have the proceedings under s.8 Company Directors Disqualification...

Summary The court retained a power to direct that prior references in the course of the preceding hearings in open court did not release an implied undertaking. There was nothing in RSC O.24 which made such an approach inappropriate. Facts Application for the release of implied undertakings to which the...

Summary Indemnity provided under the Solicitors' Indemnity (Enactment) Rules 1992 extended to any loss incurred arising directly from any claim against a solicitors' firm founded on negligence attributable to that firm. Facts The Mortgage Corporation Ltd ('MCL') claimed against the Solicitors Indemnity Fund Ltd ('SIF') for sums due under judgment obtained...

Summary Appeal against disqualification for seven years under s.6 Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. Statutory preference, period of disqualification and de facto directorship considered. Facts Appeal by the first respondent against an order disqualifying him from being a director of a company for a period of seven years pursuant to s.6...

Summary Whether a rent review clause in a commercial lease was a rachet clause or allowed upwards and downwards adjustments to the rent payable. Facts Appeal by a tenant against a decision of Judge Roger Cooke in the Chancery Division that a rent review clause in a lease allowed only...