Summary Grant of leave to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to apply for disqualification orders under s.6 Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 notwithstanding that the two-year time limit for bringing such an application had expired. Facts Secretary of State for Trade and Industry's application for leave to apply...

Summary A notice to quit served by a landlord by pre-arrangement with the headtenant, and on the common understanding or agreement that the headtenant would not serve a counternotice, was effective at common law to determine both the headtenancy and any subtenancy held under it, and was not tantamount to...

Summary Where in disqualification proceedings under the Company Directors' Disqualification Act 1986 the question arose as to whether a company was operating a policy of non-payment of Crown debts the court should consider the treatment of other creditors and in the absence of cross-examination should accept the respondent's explanation where this...

Summary Despite an inapt clause in a lease which suggested, when read alone, that a tenant was not liable for contributing towards the maintenance charges for those common parts of a building which she was not entitled to use, the overall intention of the parties was clearly that the tenant...

Summary A debtor who caused a property purchased with his money to be transferred into a trust or settlement for the purposes of a tax avoidance scheme had successfully deprived himself of any beneficial interest in the property. Futhermore, a promissory note constituted "valuable consideration" for the purposes of s.23(1)...

Summary A new trial was refused to a defendant who had been refused an adjournment and had had to conduct his case in person. Where a wife sought to set aside a mortgage on the grounds of undue influence, the issues were: (i) the meaning of "manifest disadvantage"; and (ii)...

Summary This was an appeal from the decision of David Donaldson QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Chancery Division between the appellant, and its landlord, Gloucester City Council . Facts appeal raised two questions: (i) Whether (a), as the council contended, the covenant in cl.2(iii)(a) "to complete...

Summary Whether provision in the Lloyd's settlement agreement that underwriting members who did not pay their reduced liabilities in full by a certain date would be liable for their full liabilities was in the nature of an unenforceable penalty or constituted a provision for forfeiture. Facts These were two sets...

Summary Unconditional leave was granted to defend a claim for knowing receipt of sums subject to a constructive trust and/or knowing assistance in respect of the disposal of such sums, as the evidence was insufficient to support a summary decision. Facts Interlocutory appeal by the second defendant ('D') against...