Summary A judge had been entitled to find that a lease had been surrendered by the operation of the law on the basis that she had enough evidence and material before her to reach that decision. Facts The appellant landlord (X) appealed against a decision that it had accepted the...

Chancery Division, jurisdiction, administration and excise duty. Appeared as sole counsel for HMRC.

Summary A landlord was not permitted to enter tenanted commercial premises for the purpose of carrying out an "environmental survey" that involved drilling boreholes and taking samples. The lease entitled it to enter the premises for the purpose of making "surveys", but the proper interpretation of "survey" under the lease...

Summary The legislation relating to the assessment of compensation payable to former shareholders of Northern Rock plc following its nationalisation in February 2008 was not unfair or incompatible with their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 Protocol 1 art.1. Facts The claimants (S) applied for judicial review claiming that the...

Summary Regulation 44/2001 provided a basis of jurisdiction regardless of domicile in proceedings concerning the constitution or internal management of a company; injunctive relief was granted to maintain the status quo pending a final hearing where directors claimed that they had been removed and shares forfeited in contravention of the company's...

Summary Where the establishment of an offshore company had been paid for by two persons and it had been used for their joint business enterprise, the company's share certificates in bearer form delivered by the legal owner to one of them had belonged beneficially to both from the outset. Facts...

Summary Where every transaction engaged in by a company could be traced back to a supplier who had defrauded the Revenue by avoiding the payment of VAT on imported goods and where that company had been made aware of the fact, a VAT and Duties tribunal had been correct to...

Summary The judge had carried out the necessary balancing exercise when refusing a petition under the Insolvency Act 1986 s.124A to wind up a company on public interest grounds. Having regard to a new business model formulated by the company and undertakings offered as to its conduct, the judge's decision...