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Contract law

Lee Castleton v Post Office Limited & Anor

The Court of Appeal set aside a case-management order for a preliminary trial on settlement and unconscionability issues, finding the hybrid use of assumptions and findings unworkable.

  • Settlement agreements
  • Unconscionability
  • Preliminary issues
  • Pleading requirements
  • Preliminary-issues
  • Settlement-agreements
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Civil procedure [2026] EWCA Civ 577

Castleton v Post Office Ltd & Anor (Rev1)

Castleton v Post Office Ltd & Anor (Rev1) [2026] EWCA Civ 577 (12 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal set aside a case management order that used a hybrid approach to preliminary issues about a settlement deed and unconscionability in the Post Office litigation.

  • Settlement agreements
  • Unconscionability
  • Preliminary issues
  • Pleading requirements
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Preliminary-issues
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Intellectual property [2026] EWCA Civ 497

Lish v The Northern Block Ltd & Anor

Lish v The Northern Block Ltd & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 497 (27 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal reinstated Mrs Lish’s unpaid royalties claim but upheld strike-out of a separate copyright infringement claim as an abuse of process.

  • Abuse of process
  • Copyright infringement
  • Settlement agreements
  • Variation of contract
  • Strike out applications
  • Abuse-of-process
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Contract law

Jill Leddington & Anor v Pamela Ann Sandercock & Anor

The High Court dismissed both a claim for a share of sale proceeds and a counterclaim over alleged profit-sharing, finding no binding contract, estoppel, or settlement agreement.

  • Oral contracts
  • Estoppel
  • Settlement agreements
  • Counterclaims
  • Business arrangements
  • Contract-law
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Contract law [2026] EWHC 938 (Ch)

Leddington & Anor v Sandercock & Anor

Leddington & Anor v Sandercock & Anor [2026] EWHC 938 (Ch) (24 April 2026)

The High Court rejected claims for a share of Arches’ sale proceeds and dismissed a related counterclaim over an alleged profit-share agreement.

  • Existence and enforceability of oral agreements
  • Variation of contract terms
  • Counterclaim for profit share
  • Estoppel
  • Settlement agreements
  • Oral-contract
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Company law

Fitrite Fencing and Decking Limited v John Ross & Anor

The High Court dismissed applications to strike out a claim, discharge injunctions, and require fortification. Covert recordings were admitted only for the applications.

  • Fiduciary duties of directors
  • Settlement agreements
  • Injunctions (freezing and proprietary)
  • Disclosure and admissibility of evidence
  • Attribution of knowledge to companies
  • Summary judgment and strike out
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Company law [2026] EWHC 708 (Ch)

Fitrite Fencing and Decking Ltd v Ross & Anor

Fitrite Fencing and Decking Ltd v Ross & Anor [2026] EWHC 708 (Ch) (24 March 2026)

The High Court dismissed defendants’ applications to strike out and vary injunctions in a dispute over alleged misuse of company funds and a settlement agreement.

  • Fiduciary duties
  • Settlement agreements
  • Freezing injunctions
  • Proprietary injunctions
  • Disclosure
  • Summary judgment
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Competition law [2026] EWHC 615 (Comm)

Visa Inc & Ors v Luxottica Retail UK Ltd

Visa Inc & Ors v Luxottica Retail UK Ltd [2026] EWHC 615 (Comm) (17 March 2026)

The High Court held that Luxottica’s settlement with Visa covered GrandVision’s later claims after GrandVision joined the group, but refused specific performance.

  • Multilateral interchange fees
  • Settlement agreements
  • Group company claims
  • Indemnity
  • Construction of contracts
  • Contract-construction
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Equity

Mark Glenn Hawkes v Gordon Adrian Cook

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.

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Asset tracing
  • Equitable compensation
  • Director's duties
  • Trustee liability
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