On 21 October 2024 the High Court handed down judgment in Lane v Lane [2024] EWHC 2616 (Ch). Following a 5-day trial, HHJ Keyser KC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) allowed the First Claimant’s claim to disputed shares based on an oral agreement alternatively found that it would have succeeded...

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Mohammed v Daji [2024] EWCA Civ 1247, a significant case relating to the ownership of the Abbey Mills Mosque in West Ham and the split within the Tablighi Jamaat movement of Islam. The judgment of Newey LJ discusses various aspects of judicial fact-finding...

Maxim Cardew represented the successful applicants in Mohammed v Patel [2024] EWHC 2581 (Ch) in their application for a declaration and injunctive relief calling for fresh elections to the Executive Committee of a Charity operating a substantial mosque. The case concerned the correct construction of the constitution of the Charity (an unincorporated...

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In Oscar Trustee Limited v MBS Software Solutions Limited, Mr Justice Webster has dispelled the Halliwel myth that r 7.14 of the BVI CPR (now r 7.17) is a freestanding source of power to grant permission to serve an application out of the jurisdiction. Oscar Trustee had pursued a claim against a...

This was an unfair prejudice petition which sought to challenge transactions worth in excess of £45million on the basis that they formed part of a deliberate and unlawful scheme on the part of the majority to divert profits from the company. Gabriella McNicholas acted for the Respondents, led by...