Results: 23

• Gill v Lees News Ltd

  20 Jan 2023 [2023] EWHC 403 (Ch), Ch D (Richards J)

  12 Oct 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1178; [2024] Ch 295; [2024] 2 WLR 929; [2024] 3 All ER 513; [2023] WLR(D) 416, CA (Lewison, Popplewell, Dingemans LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Business premises — Security of tenure
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Business premises — Security of tenure — Tenant serving notice on landlord requesting grant of new tenancy — Landlord opposing grant of new tenancy on various grounds — Whether grounds to be established as at date of tenant’s notice or date of hearing or otherwise — Whether tenant “ought not to be granted” new tenancy — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz 2, c 56), s 30(1)

  12 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Morton v Morton

  29 Sep 2022 [2022] EWHC 2689 (Ch), Ch D

  20 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 700; [2024] Ch 41; [2023] 3 WLR 907; [2024] 1 BCLC 436; [2023] WLR(D) 286, CA (Lewison, King, Nugee LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Option to purchase
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  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Option to purchase — Farming partnership dissolved by outgoing partner — Continuing partners exercising option to purchase outgoing partner’s interest in partnership — Judge subsequently finding equity arising pursuant to principles of proprietary estoppel due to continuing partner’s reliance on assurances regarding partnership — Judge granting remedy by setting aside exercise of option, extending time for exercise of option and increasing continuing partner’s share under partnership — Whether outgoing partner’s estate entitled to interest on share of partnership — Whether extended option given “by the partnership contract” — Whether estate precluded from having right to interest — Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 39), s 42

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority

  13 Jan 2023 [2023] EWHC 35 (Ch); [2023] Ch 141; [2023] 2 WLR 877; [2023] WLR(D) 21, Ch D (Sir Julian Flaux C)

  31 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 927; [2024] Ch 107; [2024] 2 WLR 397; [2023] WLR(D) 338, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Underhill, Newey LJJ)

  20 Dec 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

  21 May 2025 [2025] UKSC 20; [2025] AC 1292; [2025] 2 WLR 1075; [2025] WLR(D) 276, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Sales, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  COMMONS — Common land — Right to roam

  COMMONS — Common land — Right of access

  STATUTE — Construction — Hansard
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  COMMONS — Common land — Right to roam — Statute giving public “right of access” to areas of Dartmoor Commons on foot and on horseback for purpose of “open-air recreation” — Whether conferring right to wild camp — Whether wild camping included in open-air recreation or ancillary to right of access — Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (c xxxvii), s 10(1)

  COMMONS — Common land — Right of access — Statute giving public right of access to areas of Dartmoor Commons on foot and on horseback for purpose of “open-air recreation” — Whether conferring right to wild camp — Whether wild camping included in open-air recreation — Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (c xxxvii), s 10(1)

  STATUTE — Construction — Hansard — Use of statements in Parliament to identify background, purpose or mischief at which Act aimed — Whether admissible other than pursuant to rule in Pepper v Hart

  STATUTE — Construction — Hansard — Use of statements in Hansard to identify background and purpose of Act or mischief at which Act aimed — Whether permissible if Act neither ambiguous, nor obscure, nor leading to absurdity

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Zedra Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd v THG plc

  18 Jan 2023 [2023] EWHC 65 (Ch), Ch D (Fancourt J)

  23 Feb 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 158; [2024] Ch 318; [2024] 3 WLR 59; [2024] 4 All ER 550; [2024] 2 All ER (Comm) 835; [2024] WLR(D) 84, CA (Lewison, Arnold, Snowden LJJ)

  23 May 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given, , SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  COMPANY — Unfair prejudice — Conduct of affairs

  COMPANY — Unfair prejudice — Petition
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  COMPANY — Unfair prejudice — Conduct of affairs

  COMPANY — Unfair prejudice — Petition — Petitioner applying for permission to re-amend unfair prejudice petition so as to claim equitable compensation — Application made more than six years after claim arising — Whether application to re-amend petition time-barred — Whether limitation period applying to unfair prejudice petitions — Whether permissible to allow re-amendment — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), ss 8, 9, 36 — Companies Act 2006 (c 46), ss 994, 996 — CPR r 17.4 — Companies (Unfair Prejudice Applications) Proceedings Rules 2009 (SI 2009/2469), r 2(2)

  9 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd v Frenkel (Frenkel v La Micro Group (UK) Ltd)

  27 May 2022 [2022] EWHC 1304 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Jarman QC Sitting as a judge of the High Court)

  28 Feb 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 214; [2024] Ch 1; [2023] 3 WLR 767; [2023] WLR(D) 111, CA (Males, Arnold, Nugee LJJ)

  30 Jun 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given, , SC(E)

  11 Dec 2024 [2024] UKSC 42; [2025] AC 1442; [2025] 2 WLR 1; [2025] 3 All ER 347; [2025] 2 BCLC 573; [2024] WLR(D) 556, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Burrows, Lord Richards JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  TRUSTS — Constructive trust — Disposal of shares
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  TRUSTS — Constructive trust — Disposal of shares — Beneficial owner of shares agreeing for valuable consideration to dispose of beneficial interest in shares to shares’ legal owner — Whether disposition invalid for lack of writing — Whether agreement giving rise to constructive trust so as to be effective notwithstanding lack of writing — Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 20), s 53(1)(c)(2)

  TRUSTS — Constructive trust — Disposal of shares — Beneficial owner of share agreeing for valuable consideration to dispose of beneficial interest to share’s legal owner — Whether disposition invalid for lack of writing — Whether agreement giving rise to vendor-purchaser constructive trust so as to be effective notwithstanding lack of writing — Whether beneficial interest destroyed upon disposition of share to legal owner — Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 20), s 53(1)(c)(2)

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Dolphin Drilling Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs

  04 Aug 2022 [2022] UKUT 212 (TCC); [2022] BTC 524, UT (Falk J, Upper Tribunal Judge Thomas Scott)

  11 Jan 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 1; [2024] Ch 255; [2024] 3 WLR 38; [2024] STC 157; [2024] WLR(D) 19, CA (Peter Jackson, Newey, Nugee LJJ)

  01 May 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given, , SC(E)

  24 Jun 2025 [2025] UKSC 24; [2025] 3 WLR 124; [2025] 3 All ER 951; [2025] STC 1142; [2025] WLR(D) 335, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Burrows, Lady Rose, Lord Richards, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 9.
  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Profits, computation of
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  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Profits, computation of

  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Profits, computation of — Taxpayer providing operator of offshore oil platform with support vessel hired from company associated with taxpayer — Taxpayer seeking to bring into account hire payments paid in respect of vessel when calculating its profits — Whether taxpayer’s ability to bring hire payments into account subject to statutory cap — Whether use of vessel to provide accommodation for offshore workers no more than “incidental to” other uses — Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c 4), ss 356LA, 356N

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Denaxe Ltd v Cooper

  06 Apr 2022 [2022] EWHC 764 (Ch); [2022] 4 WLR 52; [2022] WLR(D) 169, Ch D (Fancourt J)

  30 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 752; [2024] Ch 65; [2024] 2 WLR 142; [2024] 1 All ER 697; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 207; [2023] 2 BCLC 591; [2023] WLR(D) 285, CA (Asplin, Snowden, Falk LJJ)

  21 Nov 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  EXECUTION — Equitable execution — Receiver
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  EXECUTION — Equitable execution — Receiver — Receivers obtaining court’s sanction to proceed with sale of certain assets — Whether immune to claim for breach of duty to use reasonable endeavours to achieve best price for assets — Extent of immunity

  EXECUTION — Equitable execution — Receiver — Receivers obtaining court’s approval for sale of assets — Whether receivers consequently immune to negligence claim in respect of sale — Whether such immunity amounting to issue estoppel — Whether such claim abuse of process

  5 Case(s) considered

• Eveline Road RTM Co Ltd v Assethold Ltd

  02 Feb 2023 [2023] UKUT 26 (LC); [2023] HLR 33, UT

  04 Mar 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 187; [2024] Ch 204; [2024] 2 WLR 1065; [2024] WLR(D) 94, CA (Lewison, Phillips, Andrews LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Right to manage — Premises
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Right to manage — Premises — Property consisting of two adjacent terraced houses converted into four flats — Property falling within definition of “premises” as “self-contained part of a building” — Each original terraced house also falling within definition of “premises” for same reason — Whether property constituting “premises” for purposes of right to manage provisions — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c 15) s 72

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• One Savings Bank plc v Waller-Edwards

  27 Sep 2023 [2023] EWHC 2386 (Ch), Ch D (Edwin Johnson J)

  28 Mar 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 302; [2024] Ch 279; [2024] 3 WLR 281; [2024] 4 All ER 199; [2024] WLR(D) 171, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Peter Jackson, Falk LJJ)

  30 Jul 2024 (appn all) [2024] 1 WLR 3668, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

  04 Jun 2025 [2025] UKSC 22; [2025] 2 WLR 1263; [2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 533; [2025] WLR(D) 303, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Constructive notice — Man and woman cohabitee

  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Constructive notice — Borrowers in relationship
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  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Constructive notice — Man and woman cohabitee

  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Constructive notice — Borrowers in relationship — Lender making secured non-commercial loan to borrowers in relationship — Loan made partly for joint purposes and partly for sole purposes of one borrower — Other borrower seeking to set aside charge securing loan on grounds of undue influence — Whether lender on inquiry of possibility of undue influence

  8 Case(s) considered

• Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd

  21 Jan 2022 [2022] EWHC 102 (Ch); [2022] WTLR 557, Ch D (Zacaroli J)

  15 Nov 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1332; [2024] Ch 365; [2024] 2 WLR 1425; [2023] WLR(D) 483; The Times, 3 April 2024, CA (Lewison, Asplin LJJ, Sir Launcelot Henderson)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Trust funds

  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Power to make scheme
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  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Trust funds

  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Power to make scheme — Property given for charitable purposes applicable cy-près — Proper approach to selection of appropriate scheme — Charities Act 2011 (c 25), s 67(3)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered