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Commercial law [2026] EWHC 1021 (Comm)

Veranova Bidco LP v Johnson Matthey PLC & Ors (Rev2)

Veranova Bidco LP v Johnson Matthey PLC & Ors (Rev2) [2026] EWHC 1021 (Comm) (01 May 2026)

Commercial Court judgment on alleged fraudulent breach of SPA warranties arising from Alvogen pricing renegotiations and disclosure issues. The claim failed for lack of proved fraud.

  • Breach of warranty
  • Fraud exception
  • Disclosure letters
  • Spa interpretation
  • Remedies for breach
  • Standard of proof in fraud
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Contract law

Rajiv Shukla v St James Bank & Trust Company Ltd & Anor

The Commercial Court held that a non-recourse securities lending deal was a secured loan, not a sale, and granted summary judgment, damages, an interim payment, and an account.

  • Secured lending
  • Non-recourse loans
  • Equity of redemption
  • Clogs and fetters
  • Summary judgment
  • Implied terms
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Contract law [2026] EWHC 94 (Comm)

Actinon Pte Ltd v Char Biocarbon Inc

Actinon Pte Ltd v Char Biocarbon Inc [2026] EWHC 94 (Comm) (21 January 2026)

Commercial Court summary judgment decision on an exclusive licence dispute: the court held the defendant had affirmed the agreement, rejected rescission, and awarded $635,810, while dismissing reverse summary judgment on Year 4 royalties.

  • Summary judgment
  • Affirmation and rescission
  • Estoppel
  • Interpretation of contract terms
  • No set-off clauses
  • Misrepresentation (pre-contractual)
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Contract law [2025] EWHC 3059 (Comm)

Tullow Ghana Ltd v Vallourec Oil and Gas France SAS

Tullow Ghana Ltd v Vallourec Oil and Gas France SAS [2025] EWHC 3059 (Comm) (20 November 2025)

The High Court held the contract was on PO 167 terms, not the defendant’s conditions, and that SGA implied terms applied to defective tubing supplied for Ghana wells.

  • Battle of the forms
  • Incorporation of terms
  • Sale of goods act 1979
  • Limitation
  • Remedies for breach
  • Quality and fitness for purpose
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Landlord and tenant

Peter Calnan v Stack House Residents (Oxted) Limited

The Upper Tribunal allowed an appeal over a lease covenant on carpet and underfelt, holding the tenant was only in breach until carpet was laid in August 2023.

  • Breach of covenant
  • Forfeiture
  • Lease interpretation
  • Sound attenuation
  • Remedies for breach
  • Lease-covenant-breach
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Company law [2025] EWCA Civ 1206

Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd & Anor

Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1206 (26 September 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about a shareholders’ agreement, holding that remediable breaches can trigger a compulsory transfer only after notice to remedy, and that repudiatory breaches are not automatically irremediable.

  • Shareholders' agreements
  • Breach of contract
  • Remedies for breach
  • Repudiatory breach
  • Remediability of breach
  • Contractual estoppel
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Contract law [2025] EWHC 928 (Comm)

FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company

FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company [2025] EWHC 928 (Comm) (17 April 2025)

The High Court held that aircraft lease termination sums were not penalties, granted FHWA possession declarations, and allowed ongoing Clause 20.4(c) rental claims until redelivery.

  • Penalties in contracts
  • Aircraft leasing
  • Remedies for breach
  • Declaratory relief
  • Interpretation of commercial agreements
  • Penalty-clause
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Contract law [2025] EWCA Civ 287

South East Water Ltd v Elster Water Metering Ltd

South East Water Ltd v Elster Water Metering Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 287 (20 March 2025)

The Court of Appeal held that Schedule 11 of a water meter supply contract did not limit the buyer’s damages claim and only applied when replacement units were supplied.

  • Interpretation of commercial contracts
  • Limitation of liability clauses
  • Warranty provisions
  • Remedies for breach
  • Sale of goods act 1979
  • Contract-interpretation
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Contract law

South East Water Limited v Elster Water Metering Limited

The Court of Appeal held that Schedule 11 of a water-meter supply contract did not limit damages generally. It applied only when replacement AMR units were supplied.

  • Contract interpretation
  • Limitation of liability
  • Warranty
  • Remedies for breach
  • Sale of goods act 1979
  • Contract-interpretation
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Contract law

Tata Consultancy Services Limited v Disclosure and Barring Service

TCS failed to prove entitlement to relief or compensation for R1 Barring & Basics delays due to inability to establish the date by which it would have achieved milestones but for alleged Authority Causes; TCS was entitled to compensation for a defined period of delay to R1 Disclosure caused by DBS’s failure to cooperate after 13 June 2018 and for losses arising from wrongful partial termination; DBS’s counterclaims for delay damages, defects, inefficiency, and exit costs failed for lack of causation, proof, or contractual basis, except for a minor claim for Adobe licences; the limitation of l…

  • Delay and disruption
  • Partial termination
  • Limitation of liability
  • Notice and condition precedent clauses
  • Service transfer/exit
  • Defects and quality obligations
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