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...

Summary Defendants' appeal against the judgment of Langley J relating to a pipeline for transporting natural gas to on-shore facilities in Teesside. Facts The defendants argued that under the terms of the Capacity Reservation and Transportation Agreement ('CRTA') they were only obliged to make payments if the reserved capacity in...

Summary Reduction of a pension fund surplus in order to avoid tax payments did not constitute a breach of duty by the fund's trustees, as it was fair and equitable in all the circumstances. Notwithstanding s.146(1) Pension Schemes Act 1993, the Pensions Ombudsman had no discretion to set aside the trustees'...

Summary Restrictive Practices Court decision on the Premier League championship football broadcasting arrangements. The three main restrictions/provisions were within the terms of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 and were accepted under the 1976 Act by each member club of the Premier League. The court concluded that the restrictions were not...

Summary A litigant in receipt of legal aid ceased to be an assisted person when he became a litigant in person and not at the time of the discharge of the legal aid certificate.. Facts One appeal and one application relating to costs awards against legally aided persons heard together....