Summary A landlord was the "owner" of an unoccupied property for the purpose of non-domestic rates where the liquidator of a tenant company had disclaimed the lease. The disclaimer determined the lease and gave the landlord the right to immediate possession, regardless of the existence of the guarantor's obligations. While...

Summary Where an agent received a bribe or secret commission in breach of his fiduciary duty to his principal, he held that bribe or secret commission on trust for his principal, meaning that the principal had a proprietary claim to it. Facts The appellant agent (C) appealed against a decision ([2013]...

Summary The court determined as preliminary issues that there was no principle of ex nihilo nil fit in English law preventing the court giving effect to arbitration awards granted by the International Commercial Arbitration Court in Russia despite their having been set aside by the Moscow Arbitrazh Court, that interest...

Appeared as sole counsel for successful claimants in Chancery Division trial for enforcement of oral agreement for shares and directorships.

Summary A notice terminating an English law contract on the insolvency of a Korean company was not "the commencement or continuation of individual actions or individual proceedings" which could be stayed by the court under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 Sch.1 art.21(1)(a). The court's power under art.21(1) to grant "any...

Summary Where a son had bought his father's property from the father's trustee in bankruptcy and the father had continued to live in the property, the court found that there had been an agreement that the beneficial interest in the property would remain with the father, not pass to the...

Summary A taxpayer was not entitled to income tax loss relief on the disposal of his company's loan stock to a family trust as a "relevant discounted security" within the meaning of the Finance Act 1996 Sch.13. A sum to be paid in addition to the principal amount on redemption of...

Summary There had been no errors of law or unsustainable findings in a judge's ruling in favour of the claimants in their claim for breach of contract. Facts The appellants (E, M and T) appealed against a judge's finding ((2012) EWHC 3464 (Ch)) in favour of the respondents (S and D) in...

Summary A potential co-venturer in a nightclub project had not established his entitlement to a share in the venture by means of an interest arising from his non-financial contribution where there was no evidence of any concluded agreement between himself and the purchasers of the lease, and consequently no evidence...