Results: 26

• Nuffield Health v Merton London Borough Council

  12 Feb 2020 [2020] EWHC 259 (Ch), Ch D (Stuart Isaacs QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  28 May 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 826; [2022] Ch 1; [2021] 3 WLR 838; [2021] WLR(D) 318; The Times, 23 June 2021, CA (David Richards, Peter Jackson, Nugee LJJ)

  27 May 2022 (appn all) [2022] 1 WLR 3867, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows JJSC)

  07 Jun 2023 [2023] UKSC 18; [2024] AC 653; [2023] 3 WLR 13; [2023] 3 All ER 871, SC (Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  CHARITY — Charitable purposes — Advancement of health

  RATING — Non-domestic rates — Relief
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  CHARITY — Charitable purposes — Advancement of health

  RATING — Non-domestic rates — Relief — Registered charity applying for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates on gym premises on basis gym wholly or mainly used for “charitable purposes” — Whether charity required to establish premises used for “public benefit” — Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c 41), s 43(6)(a) — Charities Act 2011 (c 25), ss 2, 4

  RATING — Non-domestic rates — Relief — Registered charity applying for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates on gym premises — Whether gym wholly or mainly used for “charitable purposes” — Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c 41), s 43(6)(a) — Charities Act 2011 (c 25), s 2

  RATING — Non-domestic rates — Relief — Registered charity applying for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates on gym premises — Whether gym wholly or mainly used for “charitable purposes” — Whether necessary to show gym used for public benefit — Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c 41), s 43(6)(a) — Charities Act 2011 (c 25), s 2

  8 Case(s) considered

  3 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission for England and Wales

  29 Apr 2022 [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch); [2022] Ch 371; [2022] 3 WLR 182; [2023] 1 All ER 1006; [2022] WLR(D) 194, Ch D (Michael Green J)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHARITY — Investments — Trustees’ power
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  CHARITY — Investments — Trustees’ power — Trustees’ proposed investment policy excluding potential investments thought to conflict with charities’ purposes — Adoption of policy likely to cause charities financial detriment — Proper approach to adoption of ethical investment policy — Whether appropriate to grant trustees declaration approving proposed policy

  1 Case considered

• Prime London Holdings 11 Ltd v Thurloe Lodge Ltd

  14 Feb 2022 [2022] EWHC 303 (Ch); [2022] Ch 289; [2022] 2 WLR 1000; [2022] WLR(D) 102, Ch D (Nicholas Thompsell sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  BUILDING — Works — Access order
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  BUILDING — Works — Access order — Application for access order granting access to neighbouring land for purposes of carrying out works to applicant’s land — Whether works required to remedy damage caused by applicant’s own actions constituting “basic preservation works” — Whether aesthetic non-urgent works “reasonably necessary” — Whether interference with and disturbance of respondent’s use and enjoyment of neighbouring land making order sought “unreasonable” — Whether court prevented from ordering applicant to pay consideration for privilege of entering respondent’s land because proposed works relating to “residential land” — Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (c 23), ss 1, 2

  1 Case considered

  5 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Zavarco plc v Nasir

  20 Mar 2020 [2020] EWHC 629 (Ch); [2020] Ch 651; [2020] 3 WLR 98; [2020] WLR(D) 236, Ch D (Birss J)

  05 Aug 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1217; [2022] Ch 105; [2022] 2 WLR 261; [2022] 2 All ER 388; [2021] WLR(D) 440; The Times, 28 October 2021, CA (Henderson, Warby LJJ, Sir David Richards)

  12 May 2022 (appn all) [2022] 1 WLR 2971, SC(E) ( Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

  19 Feb 2025 [2025] UKSC 5; [2025] AC 738; [2025] 2 WLR 340; [2025] 3 All ER 1; [2025] WLR(D) 105, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 8.
  DEBT — Cause of action — Merger in judgment

  JUDGMENT — Doctrine of merger — Declaratory judgment
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  DEBT — Cause of action — Merger in judgment — Court granting declaration that shares allotted to defendant unpaid for — Company exercising right to forfeit shares — Defendant remaining liable under articles of association to pay for shares — Company bringing claim in debt to recover sum payable — Whether company’s cause of action in debt extinguished by declaratory judgment — Whether doctrine of merger capable of applying to declarations

  DEBT — Cause of action — Merger in judgment — Court granting declaration that shares allotted to defendant unpaid for — Company bringing claim in debt to recover sum payable — Whether company’s cause of action in debt extinguished by merging in declaration — Whether doctrine of merger capable of applying to declarations

  JUDGMENT — Doctrine of merger — Declaratory judgment — Court granting claimant’s application for declaration that shares allotted to defendant unpaid for — Claimant bringing claim in debt to recover sum payable — Whether claimant’s cause of action in debt extinguished by merging in declaration — Whether doctrine of merger capable of applying to declarations — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c 27), s 34

  10 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Financial Conduct Authority v Carillion plc

  27 Oct 2021 [2021] EWHC 2871 (Ch); [2022] Ch 162; [2022] 2 WLR 367; [2022] 1 BCLC 66; [2021] WLR(D) 561, Ch D (Michael Green J)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  INSOLVENCY — Winding up — Proceedings against company
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  INSOLVENCY — Winding up — Proceedings against company — Financial Conduct Authority commencing sanction process by giving company warning notice in respect of alleged market abuse and breach of listing rules — Whether sanction process “action or proceeding” requiring leave of court where company in liquidation — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 130(2) — Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c 8), ss 91, 123

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Bishop of Leeds v Dixon Coles & Gill (Baines v Dixon Coles & Gill)

  28 Oct 2020 [2020] EWHC 2809 (Ch); [2021] PNLR 12, Ch D (Judge Saffman sitting as a High Court judge)

  20 Jul 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1097; [2022] Ch 195; [2022] 2 WLR 16; [2022] 2 All ER 1019; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 1155; [2021] WLR(D) 412; The Times, 13 September 2021, CA (Asplin, Nicola Davies LJJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PARTNERSHIP — Liability of firm — Wrongful act or omission

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Fraudulent breach of trust — “Party or privy”
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  PARTNERSHIP — Liability of firm — Wrongful act or omission

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Fraudulent breach of trust — “Party or privy” — Partner in firm of solicitors misappropriating monies held in client account — Client bringing claim for account of firm’s dealings with misappropriated monies — Whether innocent partners “party or privy” to fraudulent breach of trust so that no limitation period applying to claim against them — Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 39), s 10, 11, 12 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(a)(3)

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Fraudulent breach of trust — “Party or privy” — Partner in firm of solicitors misappropriating monies held in client account — Client bringing claim for account of firm’s dealings with misappropriated monies — Whether innocent partners “party or privy” to fraudulent breach of trust so that no limitation period applying to claim against them — Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 39), ss 10, 11, 12 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(a)(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• In re MBI International & Partners Inc (Mitchell v Al Jaber)

  21 Apr 2021 [2021] EWHC 912 (Ch); [2021] Ch 314; [2021] 3 WLR 15; [2021] WLR(D) 234, Ch D (Joanna Smith J)

  30 Jul 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1190; [2022] Ch 212; [2022] 2 WLR 497; [2021] WLR(D) 464, CA (Asplin, Carr LJJ, Sir Nicholas Patten)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  INSOLVENCY — Inquiry into company’s dealings — Examination in private
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  INSOLVENCY — Inquiry into company’s dealings — Examination in private — Director examined by court about company’s dealings and affairs — Whether statements made during examination protected by witness immunity — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 236

  INSOLVENCY — Inquiry into company’s dealings — Examination in private — Director summoned to appear before court in order to be examined about company’s dealings and affairs — Whether director immune from suit in respect of statements made during examination — Insolvency Act 1986 (c 45), s 236

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd (Business Mortgage Finance 4 plc v Pengelly)

  05 Nov 2019 [2019] EWHC 2205 (Ch); [2020] CTLC 1, Ch D (James Pickering)

  28 Jul 2020 [2020] EWHC 2002 (Ch); [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 1191, Ch D (Marcus Smith J)

  31 Mar 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 471; [2022] Ch 123; [2021] 3 WLR 395; [2021] 2 Lloyd's Rep 644; [2021] 2 BCLC 669; [2021] WLR(D) 193, CA (David Richards, Males, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 22.
  AGENCY — Fiduciary duty — Secret commission

  AGENCY — Secret commission — Bribe
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  AGENCY — Fiduciary duty — Secret commission

  AGENCY — Secret commission — Bribe — Borrower entering into secured loans arranged by broker — Lender paying secret commission to broker — Borrower claiming relief against lender’s assignee — Whether fiduciary relationship between borrower and broker necessary pre-condition to grant of relief

  13 Case(s) considered

• Hughes v Pritchard

  11 Jun 2021 [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Jarman QC sitting as a High Court judge)

  24 Mar 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 386; [2022] Ch 339; [2022] 3 WLR 153; [2022] WLR(D) 146, CA (Moylan, Asplin, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 15.
  WILL — Validity — Testamentary capacity
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  WILL — Validity — Testamentary capacity

  WILL — Validity — Testamentary capacity — Testator suffering from moderately severe degree of mental impairment prior to drafting new will — Drafting solicitor and general practitioner nevertheless assessing testator to have capacity at time of execution — Whether testator having testamentary capacity — Whether presumption that will drafted by experienced independent lawyer not to be set aside on grounds of lack of testamentary capacity — Whether solicitor or medical practitioner required to ask testator about changes to earlier will

  5 Case(s) considered
• Jazztel plc v Revenue and Customs Comrs

  03 Apr 2017 [2017] EWHC 677 (Ch); [2017] 1 WLR 3869; [2017] 4 All ER 470; [2017] STC 1422; [2017] WLR (D) 241, Ch D (Marcus Smith J)

  25 Feb 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 232; [2022] Ch 403; [2022] 3 WLR 561; [2022] 3 All ER 911; [2022] STC 541; [2022] WLR(D) 103, CA (Newey, Singh LJJ, Sir Launcelot Henderson)

  28 Oct 2022 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 531, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative; most recently considered: 2019. Subsequent citations: 17.
  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Mistake — Accrual of cause of action

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Postponement of limitation period — Mistake
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  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Mistake — Accrual of cause of action — Claimant unduly paying sums of tax — Statutory provision reducing limitation period for refund claims — Whether provision contrary to European Union law — Whether to be disapplied — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 32(1)(c) — Finance Act 2004 (c 12), s 320(1)

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Postponement of limitation period — Mistake — Claimant claiming repayment of tax paid under mistake of law — Statutory provision excluding postponement of limitation period for mistakes of law relating to taxation matters — Whether provision contrary to EU law — Whether to be disapplied — Whether running of limitation period to be postponed until date claimant “discovered” mistake — Whether mistake discovered after payments of tax made — Whether claim time-barred — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 32(1)(c) — Finance Act 2004 (c 12), s 320(1)

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered