Summary No liability yet existed as between the third defendant accountants and the first to third claimants, as they had yet to suffer any loss as the result of allegedly negligent misrepresentations as to the financial position of the second defendant. Facts Application by the third defendants, a firm of...

Summary A tenant was not required to serve a prior demand in respect of an overpayment of rent to the landlord. The tenant was entitled to an equitable set-off in respect of that overpayment and the landlord should have taken that into account before distraining for arrears of rent. Facts...

Summary In an action arising out of the rogue activities of an investments trader, the court was prepared to accept, at least at this early interlocutory stage, that there was a body of expertise in the management of investment banks from which expert evidence could emerge capable of assisting a...

Summary Informal concessions given by a local planning officer in relation to a planning permission were binding on the authority he represented, but did not invalidate the entire permission. Facts Appeal from a decision of the secretary of state's inspector on 5 April 2000 to issue a lawful development certificate in a...

Summary In a case that applied only to its own facts, it could not be said that an award of £37,500 in lieu of an injunction requiring restoration of demised premises for breach of the tenant's covenant not to alter, fell outside the ambit of the judge's discretion. Facts Defendant's appeal...

Summary A managing agent who, in advance of completion of a deed of surrender, accepted the return of the keys, was liable in negligence to the landlord for the loss of the premium payable on completion: the landlord's solicitors were not negligent for having "affirmed" that surrender. Facts Claimant's action...

Summary Appeal against a decision of the Pension Ombudsman directing the return of surplus funds received by an employer from two pension funds. Facts Appeal by Hillsdown Holdings plc ('Hillsdown') from a determination of the Pensions Ombudsman of 11 October 1995 by which he directed the return with interest by Hillsdown of...

Summary A provision in a lease, by which the lessor covenanted to erect a permanent office building "in accordance with the specification contained in a letter of even date...annexed hereto", was void for uncertainty where no such letter was in fact annexed to the lease. Facts Appeal by Mr...