Summary On the evidence, a judge had been entitled to declare that a company was the beneficial owner of the four issued shares in a second company where it had established that it had been the common intention of all the parties involved that those shares were to be held...

Summary A leasehold valuation tribunal's decision that the development value of a property should be taken into account in assessing its marriage value upon enfranchisement was upheld. Facts The appellant company (F) appealed against the leasehold valuation tribunal's decision that the development value should be taken into account in assessing...

Summary The court ordered disclosure of parts of a settlement agreement necessary for the applicants to conduct their defences at trial, the disclosure did not extend to unlimited inspection of the agreement. Facts The first, second, fourth and fifth applicants (X) applied for specific disclosure and inspection of a settlement...

Summary The court considered various matters arising under the trusts of an inter vivos settlement dating from 1940 including the arithmetical approach and the proportionate approach to dealing with hotchpot and its jurisdiction under the Trustee Act 1925 s.57 to introduce powers of partition and appropriation. Facts The claimant trustees (T) applied...

Summary When assessing the current value of a property for the purposes of a calculation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 s.18(1), a judge was wrong to have taken into account the likelihood that a former tenant would take a new lease. Facts The appellant landlord (L) appealed against the...

Summary ms had shown, on the balance of probabilities, that a company involved in the supply and export of mobile telephones knew, or ought to have known, that it was participating in transactions connected with the fraudulent evasion of VAT. On that basis it was entitled to refuse to refund...

Summary A property seller had obtained the consent required under a restrictive covenant restricting the development of land without the approval of an adjoining landowner, notwithstanding that the consent obtained was qualified. The qualification was narrower than the restrictions imposed by the covenant, showing that the consent had been given...