20/3/19
TAKHAR v GRACEFIELD DEVELOPMENTS LTD [2019] UKSC 13
Considers the circumstances in which fraud will unravel a judgment in a prior claim and lead to it being set aside. It is not necessary to show that evidence of the fraud could not, with reasonable diligence, have been obtained and produced at the earlier trial.
19/3/19
MARKHAM v O’HARA [2019] EWCA Civ 397
Considers discharge or variation of a post-judgment freezing order in part or in a conditional way.
15/3/19
BATES v POST OFFICE LTD [2019] EWHC 606 (QB)
Contracts between sub-postmasters and the Post Office had been relational contracts with implied duties of good faith. The relevant principles were considered [702].
12/3/19
DILLON v BARCLAYS BANK PLC [2019] EWHC 475 (Ch)
A transfer of a property was void but the land registry entries would not be altered or rectified to remove the bank’s charge because there were exceptional circumstances justifying not doing so.
11/3/19
TRIUMPH CONTROLS - UK LTD v PRIMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY [2019] EWHC 565 (TCC)
Considers claims for breach of warranties in a sale purchase agreement, including principles applicable to the giving of proper notice of claims [112], disclosure requirements [327] and assessment of damages [486].
7/3/19
LIDDLE v LIDDLE [2019] EWCA Civ 346
The court construed a dissolution provision contained in a partnership agreement.
6/3/19
GREEN DEAL MARKETING SOUTHERN LTD v ECONOMY ENERGY TRADING LTD [2019] EWHC 507 (Ch)
Heads of terms were held to be a valid contract. The claimant’s breaches of the contract had not been repudiatory. The claimant had lawfully terminated the contract and had been entitled to damages for the defendants own repudiator breach by renouncing the contract. But the contract was an agency contract within the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regs 1993 (SI 1993/3053), compensation was payable under the regulations and damages would not be awarded because that would result in double recovery.