Hipgnosis Music Ltd v Mercuriadis & Ors
Hipgnosis Music Ltd v Mercuriadis & Ors [2026] EWHC 82 (Ch) (20 January 2026)
The court refused permission to amend replies in a Chancery claim about a music-rights business dispute, finding the proposed counterfactual pleading too vague and too late.
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Equitable compensation
- Amendment of pleadings
- Counterfactual causation
- Dishonest assistance
- Amendment-of-pleadings