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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.
The High Court held that directors breached their duties by entering aggressive tax schemes without proper creditor consideration and ordered them to repay £436,500.
ACL Netherlands BV & Ors v Sandelson (Re Consequential Matters) [2026] EWHC 691 (Ch) (24 March 2026)
Consequential judgment in the Autonomy litigation on currency risk, settlement credits, pre-judgment interest, costs, and permission to appeal.
The High Court found the defendant solicitors breached trust and retainer, failed to pay SDLT, and were involved in forged documents. An account and inquiry were ordered.
The Defendant was appointed as fiduciary agent/trustee of the Company, owed fiduciary duties, made fraudulent misrepresentations to induce appointment, and dishonestly paid away Company funds for personal benefit. Equitable compensation is not barred by delay, laches, unclean hands, or the Settlement Deed. The Defendant is liable to pay equitable compensation for the total of Company funds dishonestly paid away.
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South Bank Hotel Management Company Ltd v Galliard Hotels Ltd & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 56 (06 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal held that South Bank had an arguable claim against Mr Conway under section 21(1)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980 and remitted the claim.
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.
The High Court refused a late amendment to plead a new counterfactual IPO case in a fiduciary-duty dispute, finding it too vague and disruptive.
Sachs v Snape & Ors [2026] EWHC 1059 (Comm) (19 January 2026)
The High Court granted summary judgment in part in a crypto-asset dispute, finding breach of contract and trust against the first and fourth defendants.
High Court Chancery decision on alleged dishonest extraction of funds from property project SPVs, involving secret commissions, sham documentation, and intermediary companies.
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