Summary The claimant had an arguable case, which he would be permitted to plead by way of amendment, that after 1964 a fiduciary duty was owed by the defendant to the artist Francis Bacon in relation to the marketing and exploitation of his paintings. Facts Application by the claimant ('C') for...

Summary A tenant of business premises who made a request for the grant of a new tenancy under s.26 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 did not have to have a genuine intention of taking up a new tenancy at the time of making that request in order subsequently to be entitled...

Summary The Lands Tribunal had jurisdiction to make an award of costs against the unsuccessful party on an appeal from the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. Such an award was enforceable by the High Court by action at common law. * Leave to appeal to the House of Lords pending. Facts Appeal by...

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...