Golden Grove Estates Ltd v Chancerygate Asset Management Ltd (2007)

Judgment Date: 30 Apr 07

Summary A master had confused the situation of the claimant's assets under CPR r.25.13(2)(a) and its ability to pay under CPR r.25.13(2)(c) when making no order on an application by the defendant for security for costs. Facts The appellant company (C) appealed against a decision by the court...

Sinclair Investment Holdings SA v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd (2007)

Judgment Date: 30 Apr 07

Summary Whilst an individual had persuaded the claimant company to invest funds in a particular trading transaction, as no separate and personal duty of loyalty and fidelity by that individual had been established, the claimant company failed to make good its claim to a proprietary share of a property purchased...

KPMG v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (2007)

Judgment Date: 27 Apr 07

Summary A prior agreement for a lease including the form and content of the draft lease attached to it was an important part of the background and was a permissible aid to construction of the lease in its final form. Where it was clear that words had been omitted and...

Gamlestaden Fastigheter AB v Baltic Partners Limited & Ors (2007)

Judgment Date: 25 Apr 07

Relief is not precluded under Articles 141 and 143 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (or sections 459 and 461 of the Companies Act 1985) merely on the ground that the relief sought will not benefit the applicant in his capacity as member. Where an investor in a joint venture company has, in pursuance of the...

Riverside Housing Association Ltd v White & Anor (2007)

Judgment Date: 25 Apr 07

Summary Properly construed, a rent review clause in an assured tenancy agreement which provided that the rent would be increased annually with effect from the first Monday of June each year entitled the landlord to increase the rent on any date from and including the first Monday in June, subject...

Smithkline Beecham PLC & 11 ORS v Greg Avery (2007)

Judgment Date: 24 Apr 07

Summary A group of companies that had provided sufficient evidence that their employees faced a serious threat of harassment from animal rights protestors was entitled to a continuation of an injunction that controlled the location, timing and frequency of the protestors' demonstrations. The companies could not enforce the injunction against...

Finlan v Eyton Morris Winfield (a firm) (2007)

Judgment Date: 23 Apr 07

Summary Although the terms of an assignment had been agreed, there had been no equitable assignment prior to the completion of a deed of assignment since the assignor had not given an outward expression of its intention to make an immediate disposition of the subject matter of the assignment. Facts...

Centrica Langage Ltd v Langage Energy Park Ltd (2007)

Judgment Date: 23 Apr 07

Summary Grant of an interim injunction, requiring access to be allowed in order to construct a road, refused. Facts The claimant and the defendant entered into an agreement in respect of the construction of a power station on the claimant's land, and the construction of a business park on an...

Wembley National Stadium Ltd v Wembley (London) Ltd (2007)

Judgment Date: 04 Apr 07

Summary On the proper construction of a lease, the lessee was liable to pay to the lessor advance sums in respect of the service charge for which the lease provided. Facts The court had to determine issues concerning the construction of a lease. The claimant (W), which was a subsidiary...