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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Summary Mr and Mrs Hollens traded in partnership which carried on business as a retail fast food business operating from a mobile van which was owned by the partnership. Mr and Mrs Hollens and the partnership were each insolvent. Mr and Mrs Hollens petitioned for his/her own bankruptcy. Acting...

Summary On its proper construction, a rent review clause in a lease of a computer data centre required that the open market rent of the building was to be assessed on the assumption that the demised premises comprised high class commercial offices. Facts The claimant landlord (S) brought a Part 8...

Summary The effect of a supplemental deed between a landlord and a partnership, as the assignee of an underlease, was to restrict the assignee's liability for rent to the partnership assets to the exclusion of the personal assets of individual partners and in the case of default to limit any...