Summary The power to impose an unlimited fine for improper trading in financial markets did not render disciplinary hearings for registered traders criminal in nature. Facts Application for judicial review by a securities and futures trader ('T') of the second respondent's ('the tribunal') decision to dismiss T's appeal against the...

Summary A freezing order concerning a defendant allegedly involved in a property deal disadvantageous to the Sierra Leone government was continued. Facts The claimants ('GSL') applied for the continuation of a freezing order that it had obtained against the first defendant, 'D' from Rimer J on 27 March 2001. D applied to...

Summary The first defendant had not participated in a business venture with the first claimant as his professional and personal adviser, and therefore did not owe him any fiduciary or equitable duties. In any event, the claim was statue barred. Facts Claim and counterclaim by the participants of a business...

Summary There was nothing in the circumstances of the takeover of the company that operated Nottingham Forest Football Club which was unfairly prejudicial to the claimants, who were minority shareholders in the Club's holding company. Facts Petition under s.459 Companies Act 1985 in which the claimants alleged that the affairs of...

Summary The claimant alleged sale at an undervalue of a drag racing track by a bank, which had taken over at the last minute from its receivers. The nature of the business was unusual, and the sale effected quickly and in circumstances which the Claimant alleged called into question whether...

Summary Secretary of state's application to restore directors' disqualification proceedings which had stood adjourned pending the resolution of related criminal proceedings. Facts The application was opposed by the first and second respondents, who were two of the directors of the companies concerned, on the ground that the proceedings had become...

Summary The claimant was entitled to a contribution from the defendant of one half of the amount that he had been called upon to pay under a joint and several guarantee. Neither the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 nor s.10 Limitation Act 1980 applied to contribution claims between co-sureties. Facts The claimant ...

Summary An appeal against an enforcement notice could only be brought by a person who had an interest in the land concerned at the time the appeal was brought or by a licensee who occupied the land both when the notice was served and when the appeal was brought. Facts...

Summary The claimant had no case on the merits because negotiations had been "subject to contract" and the licence fee had never been paid. Facts The claimant ('E'), a provider of studio and rehearsal space to the film and television industry, applied for an interim mandatory injunction for reinstatement to...