Summary A costs order would not be made against non-parties to a petition under s.459 Companies Act 1985 who had leant money to the petitioners, as they were pure funders and had no interest in the outcome of the litigation other than a hope of repayment of their loans. Facts Application...

Summary The claimant's breaches of his obligations under a radio presenter's agreement entitled a radio station to treat that agreement as discharged and also caused termination of an associated partnership agreement. The defendants were entitled to an inquiry as to consequential damages. Facts Trial of liability in an action by...

Summary A photograph taken at a photo shoot had not been commissioned. The photographer owned the copyright in the photograph and was entitled to a remedy regarding the unauthorised use of that photograph by a record company. Facts Trial on the liability of the first defendant ('UM') for copyright infringement...

Summary A tenant acquiring the freehold of a house under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 was entitled to a reduction in the price reflecting an increase in value attributable to works reconverting the house from flats into a single family dwelling, even though those works reversed the earlier conversion from a...

Summary Deloitte & Touche (Singapore) were negligent in their 1992 and 1993 audit of the accounts of Barings Futures (Singapore) Ltd but they were not liable for losses incurred after April 1994 when their negligence ceased to be an operative cause of the company's losses. The damages awarded were also to be reduced for...

Summary It was incorrect in law to hold, in a case of alleged adverse possession, that merely by going on to the land the owner could thereby resume possession so as to interrupt the continuity of possession of the land by another where, from the evidence, that other was clearly...

Summary The balance weighed in favour of granting rectification of title to the defendants who held the paper title to the disputed land despite the significance of the policy of the Land Registry Act 1925 in favour of the registered proprietor in possession. Facts Appeal by the defendants from the decision...

Summary To make out an offence under s.92 Trade Marks Act 1994, the use of the trademark in question must be as an indication of trade origin. The reasonable belief defence under s.92(5) was available to an alleged offender whether or not they were aware of the existence of the relevant...

Summary In the circumstances, s.20B Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 did not prevent a landlord from charging expenditure by way of service charges in certain accounting periods, notwithstanding that such expenditure was incurred 18 months prior to the supply of final accounts and certificates for those accounting periods. Facts Claimants' appeal...