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Probate

Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors

The court upheld Jeanne MacDougall’s 2011 will and 2013 codicil, rejected a proprietary estoppel claim, and addressed capacity, undue influence, ademption, and attorney breaches.

  • Testamentary-capacity
  • Knowledge-and-approval
  • Testamentary-undue-influence
  • Lifetime-gifts—undue-influence
  • Attorney's-duties-under-lpa
  • Ademption
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Probate [2026] EWHC 1142 (Ch)

MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors

MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors [2026] EWHC 1142 (Ch) (21 May 2026)

High Court probate dispute over Jeanne MacDougall’s 2011 will, capacity, undue influence, ademption, proprietary estoppel, and alleged attorney breaches under an LPA.

  • Validity-of-wills
  • Testamentary-capacity
  • Undue-influence
  • Ademption
  • Attorney-duties-under-lpa
  • Proprietary-estoppel
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 1135 (Ch)

Barriball & Anor v Jackson & Anor (Re HSJ Consultancy Ltd)

Barriball & Anor v Jackson & Anor (Re HSJ Consultancy Ltd) [2026] EWHC 1135 (Ch) (13 May 2026)

The High Court held that the directors of HSJ Consultancy Limited breached their duties by entering tax avoidance schemes while the company was insolvent or made insolvent.

  • Directors'-duties
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Creditor-duty
  • Tax-avoidance-schemes
  • Limitation
  • Ratification-of-director-conduct
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Insolvency-law

HSJ Consultancy Limited (in liquidation), Re

The High Court held that directors breached their duties by entering aggressive tax schemes without proper creditor consideration and ordered them to repay ÂŁ436,500.

  • Directors'-duties
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Misfeasance
  • Limitation
  • Equitable-compensation
  • Tax-avoidance-schemes
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Insolvency

Manolete Partners Plc v David Smith

The High Court held that payments by A & D Joinery Limited to its former owner were transactions at an undervalue and a partial breach of duty.

  • Transaction-at-undervalue
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Section-238-insolvency-act-1986
  • Section-171-175-companies-act-2006
  • Balance-sheet-and-cashflow-insolvency
  • Directors'-duties
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 1046 (Ch)

Manolete Partners PLC v Smith (Re A&D Joinery Ltd)

Manolete Partners PLC v Smith (Re A&D Joinery Ltd) [2026] EWHC 1046 (Ch) (07 May 2026)

The High Court held that payments made by A & D Joinery Ltd to fund a share purchase were transactions at an undervalue and that the director breached duties.

  • Transaction-at-an-undervalue
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Section-238-insolvency-act-1986
  • Section-171-175-companies-act-2006
  • Balance-sheet-insolvency
  • Cashflow-insolvency
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Company-law [2026] EWHC 963 (KB)

Lux Films Ltd v Fowler & Anor

Lux Films Ltd v Fowler & Anor [2026] EWHC 963 (KB) (24 April 2026)

The High Court found that a company director breached fiduciary, statutory and employment duties by diverting clients and confidential information to his own company.

  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Breach-of-statutory-director's-duties
  • Misuse-of-confidential-information
  • Knowing-receipt
  • Unlawful-means-conspiracy
  • Implied-contractual-duties
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Company-law

Lux Films v Andrew Fowler & Anor

The High Court held that Andrew Fowler breached fiduciary, statutory and employment duties by diverting business and using Lux Films’ confidential information for his own company.

  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Statutory-directors'-duties
  • Misuse-of-confidential-information
  • Knowing-receipt
  • Unlawful-means-conspiracy
  • Implied-contractual-duties
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Commercial-law

Wenda Co Limited v Wang Jinhong & Ors

High Court commercial fraud case over an invoice-financing arrangement, holding Syner and Effs owed fiduciary duties and that Wang Jinhong dishonestly assisted their breaches.

  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Dishonest-assistance
  • Knowing-receipt
  • Constructive-trust
  • Disclosure-obligations
  • Forensic-accounting
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Commercial-law [2026] EWHC 909 (Comm)

Wenda Co Ltd v Jinhong & Ors

Wenda Co Ltd v Jinhong & Ors [2026] EWHC 909 (Comm) (24 April 2026)

Commercial Court judgment on invoice financing, fiduciary duties, dishonesty, and tracing; Wenda succeeded on most claims, but its claim against Mr Petit was dismissed.

  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Express-and-constructive-trusts
  • Dishonest-assistance
  • Knowing-receipt
  • Breach-of-contract
  • Fraudulent-misrepresentation
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