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The Court of Appeal upheld setting aside a consent financial remedy order for deliberate non-disclosure and rejected an intervenor’s bid to recover gifts from the husband.
The High Court dismissed an appeal about a solicitor’s bill under a CFA, holding that no restitutionary claim arose and nil assessment was proper.
The Commercial Court dismissed RMK’s quantum meruit claim, holding the Advisory Agreement covered the work and barred restitution for extra payment.
The appeal fails because the judge's findings of fact established that the appellant did not expect to be paid for the works carried out at Trigfan, and the second respondent did not know or should not have known of any such expectation. There was no unjust enrichment as the requirements of free acceptance were not met, and no evidence was provided of any uplift in the property's value resulting from the works. The judge did not err in law or fact in dismissing the claim.
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The Commercial Court held that Seadrill Management was bound to pay Visalia under a contract for fees tied to the Sonangol joint venture, and that non-payment was a breach.
The High Court held that Ticketline was unjustly enriched when Tokyo funded the 2022 Bingley Weekender on a basis that never became a binding contract.
The High Court held that the claimant’s late mother agreed to pay a reasonable price for care, and alternatively that the estate was liable in unjust enrichment.
The court held that insurance rent linked to landlord’s commission and a later 35% fee was not contractually due, and allowed restitution for overpayments.
Jones v Griffiths & Anor [2025] EWHC 797 (KB) (09 April 2025)
High Court appeal dismissed. The appellant failed to show the works to Trigfan were done with an expectation of payment or that the second respondent unjustly benefited.
The High Court held there was no contract for advisory fees, but H&P recovered US$2 million in quantum meruit for work that unjustly enriched Randgold.
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