CSC Media Group Ltd v Video Performance Ltd (2011)

Judgment Date: 27 May 11

Summary Provided that the Copyright Tribunal discharged its statutory duty under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s.126 to determine the terms of a licence that were reasonable in the circumstances by having regard to comparable schemes and licences as well as all other relevant considerations, then the precise way...

Arqiva Ltd & Ors v Everything Everywhere Ltd & Ors (2011)

Judgment Date: 27 May 11

Summary In an expedited trial the court construed aspects of various agreements between mobile phone network operators and the owners of sites on which telecommunications equipment was provided. Facts In an expedited trial the court construed aspects of various agreements between the claimants (X) and defendants (E and O), who...

Christopher Southgate & Anor v Peter Sutton & Ors (2011)

Judgment Date: 26 May 11

Summary The court had jurisdiction to confer power on the trustees of a family trust to carry out a proposed transaction to appropriate and partition trust property to create a sub-fund as it was "administration of any property vested in the trustees" within the Trustee Act 1925 s.57(1). Facts The appellant...

Sheermohamed & ano v S A Nabi and Sons Ltd v Sheermohamed (2011)

Judgment Date: 23 May 11

Summary Christopher R. Parker QC succeeds before the Caribbean Court of Justice in Trinidad in overturning two decisions of the Guyana Court of Appeal as to the validity of a directors’ resolution and a contrary resolution of a shareholders’ meeting.

Eaton Mansions (Westminster) Ltd v Stinger Compania De Inversion SA (2011)

Judgment Date: 18 May 11

Summary A judge had been entitled to find that a tenant had no reasonable prospect of defending a claim for trespass made by a head lessee concerning the tenant's installation of air-conditioning units on the roof of a block of flats. The freeholder and head lessee would not have consented...

In the Matter of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) (2011)

Judgment Date: 17 May 11

Summary An application by administrators for directions to enable them to identify client money and its traceable proceeds received or held by a company which was in administration was adjourned as it was appropriate to await the outcome of a pending appeal to the Supreme Court on related matters. Facts...

JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov & Ors (May 2011)

Judgment Date: 10 May 11

Summary An insolvent Kazakh bank had not abused the court process by pursuing actions to recover misappropriated assets. Although it was arguable that the President of Kazakhstan had persuaded the bank to bring the actions in order to eliminate a political opponent, it was unrealistic to suppose that the proceedings...

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills v Baer Ltd (2011) (Court of Appeal)

Judgment Date: 04 May 11