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Contract law

John Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC

The Court of Appeal held that share transfer and payment obligations in a put option agreement were concurrent conditions, dismissing the first appeal ground.

  • Interpretation of contract terms
  • Concurrent conditions
  • Specific performance
  • Sale of shares
  • Contract-interpretation
  • Concurrent-conditions
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Contract law [2026] EWCA Civ 355

Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC

Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 355 (25 March 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that delivery and payment under a put option agreement were concurrent conditions, not sequential, and dismissed Mr Textor’s appeal on that issue.

  • Interpretation of contract terms
  • Concurrent obligations
  • Specific performance
  • Put option agreements
  • Sale of shares
  • Contract-interpretation
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Contract law

John O'Driscoll v Vincent Raymond Clayton (Junior)

The High Court found an oral contract for the sale of Caddicks Ltd’s shares and ordered specific performance, rejecting the defendant’s traveller-custom defence.

  • Specific performance
  • Oral agreements
  • Sale of shares
  • Constructive trust
  • Remedies
  • Specific-performance
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Tax law

The Commissioners for HMRC v Hotel La Tour Ltd

HMRC’s appeal failed. The Upper Tribunal held that VAT on professional fees for a share sale was deductible because the sale funded taxable hotel development.

  • Input tax deduction
  • Sale of shares
  • Fund-raising transactions
  • Vat grouping
  • Exempt supplies
  • Vat
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Contract law

Doherty v Fannigan Holdings Ltd

The Court of Appeal held that payment and share transfer obligations were dependent, so non-payment did not create a debt enforceable by statutory demand.

  • Dependent and independent contractual obligations
  • Statutory demand
  • Bankruptcy petition
  • Sale of shares
  • Remedies for breach of contract
  • Dependent-contractual-obligations
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Civil procedure [2012] EWHC 165 (Ch)

Blight v Meredith & Ors

Blight v Meredith & Ors [2012] EWHC 165 (Ch) (09 February 2012)

The High Court held that a transfer of charged shares to the claimants at market value was a sale under the order, and it allowed enforcement against the defendant’s pension election right.

  • Charging orders
  • Equitable execution
  • Sale of shares
  • Third party debt orders
  • Pension rights
  • Fraud
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Civil procedure

Blight v Meredith & Ors

The High Court held that a transfer of Bowleven shares to the claimants in return for credit against the debt was a sale under the order, and it allowed enforcement against a pension drawdown right.

  • Charging orders
  • Sale of shares
  • Third party debt orders
  • Equitable execution
  • Pension rights enforcement
  • Charging-orders
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Contract

Chalabi & Ors v Jaffar & Anor

The court held that tax indemnity payments made in a staged company sale were genuine indemnities, not extra sale consideration, and dismissed the claim.

  • Breach of warranty
  • Misrepresentation
  • Sale of shares
  • Tax indemnity
  • Consideration
  • Remuneration
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Insolvency [2009] EWHC 2063 (Ch)

Miller v Bayliss

Miller v Bayliss [2009] EWHC 2063 (Ch) (05 August 2009)

The High Court held there was no binding contract for the shares and no basis for Section 303 relief. The trustee could sell to Mrs Peckham, and Mrs Bayliss must return 187 shares.

  • Trustee's duties
  • Sale of shares
  • Section 303 insolvency act
  • Section 339 insolvency act
  • Shareholders' agreement
  • Contract formation
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Company law [2008] EWHC 486 (Ch)

Dashfield & Anor v Davidson & Ors

Dashfield & Anor v Davidson & Ors [2008] EWHC 486 (Ch) (18 March 2008)

The High Court held that a deceased shareholder’s estate had to sell shares under article 14, and that the price should be based on the 2003 audited accounts.

  • Shareholder rights
  • Articles of association
  • Pre-emption rights
  • Obligations of personal representatives
  • Sale of shares
  • Construction of company articles
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