King & Others v Stiefel & Others [2021] EWHC 1045 (Comm)
Judgment Date: 26 Apr 21
Despite the fact that the UK has now left the EU, issues concerning the interpretation of EU regulations will continue to affect litigants in this jurisdiction for some time to come. Alec McCluskey recently represented a claimant seeking to obtain repayment of interest-free loans made in England to a resident...
Ryan Turner was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the successful appellants before the Court of Appeal in a claim for damages for fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of the acquisition of loss-making business assets (led by Thomas Grant KC) and subsequently in actions to debar the judgment debtors...
Thomas Munby and James Mitchell were instructed by Georgina Squire and Hannah Sharp of Rosling King LLP on behalf of WWRT Limited and led by Andrew Ayres QC of Twenty Essex. Facts WWRT Limited (“WWRT”) had obtained, ex parte, a worldwide freezing order (“the WFO”) against Mr Serhiy Tyshchenko (“ST”)...
Facts The taxpayer company appealed the First-tier Tribunal's refusal of its claim that it was entitled to capital allowances in respect of the costs of launching six satellites.The International Maritime Satellite Organisation (IMSO) had entered into a series of contracts for the construction of six satellites which were novated...
Davey v Bailey [2021] EWHC 445 (Ch) is a significant judgment on the law of deathbed gifts (donationes mortis causa; “DMCs”). A DMC is one of the few ways in which a person can make a valid transfer of property on death without complying with the formalities required by section 9 of the...
The Official Receiver applied for the making of disqualification orders under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 against all of the directors who had been in office at or shortly before the charity’s collapse, together with its Chief Executive Officer, Camila Batmanghelidjh, who was alleged to have been a de...