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Civil procedure

JDK Holdings Corp v Marc Bourgade & Anor

The court granted permission to amend particulars of claim in a joint venture dispute, struck out the original particulars, and ordered the claimant to pay costs.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Strike out applications
  • Joint venture agreements
  • Costs orders
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Fiduciary duties
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Insolvency

Alpha Schools (Holdings) Limited v Signal Alpha III Fund LP

The High Court restrained a winding-up petition, finding Alpha Schools had a substantial misrepresentation cross-claim and that Signal’s debt was disputed.

  • Winding up petitions
  • Misrepresentation
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Solicitors' costs assessment
  • Abuse of process
  • Winding-up-petitions
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Commercial law [2024] EWHC 2798 (Comm)

Power Projects Sanayi Insaat Ticaret Limited Sirketi v Star Assurance Company Ltd (Rev1)

Power Projects Sanayi Insaat Ticaret Limited Sirketi v Star Assurance Company Ltd (Rev1) [2024] EWHC 2798 (Comm) (05 November 2024)

The High Court held that a claim on an on-demand performance bond could proceed under CPR Part 8, rejecting the issuer’s bid to convert it to Part 7.

  • On-demand performance bonds
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Fraud exception in bonds
  • Procedural appropriateness under cpr part 8 vs part 7
  • On-demand-performance-bonds
  • Cpr-part-8
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Commercial law

Power Projects Sanayi Insaat Ticaret Limited Sirketi v Star Assurance Company Limited

Star's objections do not disclose a substantial dispute of fact as required to displace the Part 8 procedure; the only relevant defence to payment under the bond is fraud with actual knowledge at the time of demand, which is not established on the evidence. The facts relied on by Star amount to a dispute between PP and Glotec, not to fraud by PP or knowledge thereof by Star.

  • On-demand performance bonds
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Fraud exception to bond payment
  • Civil procedure rules part 8 vs part 7
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Professional negligence [2022] EWHC 2115 (Ch)

Salter Property Investments Ltd v PCL Planning Ltd & Anor

Salter Property Investments Ltd v PCL Planning Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 2115 (Ch) (12 August 2022)

The High Court granted permission to amend a professional negligence claim against a planning barrister, holding the new plea was a particularisation of an existing case.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Barrister's duty of care
  • Curtilage in planning law
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Professional-negligence
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Property law [2021] EWCA Civ 1835

Global 100 Ltd v Laleva

Global 100 Ltd v Laleva [2021] EWCA Civ 1835 (03 December 2021)

The Court of Appeal held that a property-guardian agreement was a licence, not a tenancy, and confirmed the CPR Part 55.8(2) threshold matches summary judgment.

  • Possession proceedings
  • Licences vs. tenancies
  • Estoppel
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Property guardianship
  • Sham agreements
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Insolvency [2021] EWHC 2580 (Ch)

Luttman-Johnson v West Sussex Agri Ltd

Luttman-Johnson v West Sussex Agri Ltd [2021] EWHC 2580 (Ch) (27 September 2021)

High Court appeal on whether statutory demands based on guarantees should be set aside, focusing on misrepresentation, affirmation, and estoppel.

  • Setting aside statutory demands
  • Misrepresentation
  • Affirmation
  • Estoppel
  • Personal guarantees
  • Summary judgment threshold
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Civil procedure [2010] EWHC 551 (Comm)

Deutsche Bank Ag v Vik & Anor

Deutsche Bank Ag v Vik & Anor [2010] EWHC 551 (Comm) (19 March 2010)

The High Court set aside service out in Deutsche Bank’s restitution and constructive trust claim, finding no serious issue to be tried on the evidence of mistake.

  • Restitution for mistake
  • Constructive trust
  • Jurisdiction to serve out of the jurisdiction
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Mistaken payments
  • Knowing receipt
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Civil procedure [2009] EWCA Civ 971

Buike v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire

Buike v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2009] EWCA Civ 971 (15 July 2009)

The Court of Appeal held that Buike crossed the threshold for permission to sue over alleged police assault, allowing the claim to proceed.

  • Assault by police
  • Permission to sue police
  • Section 329 criminal justice act 2003
  • Summary judgment threshold
  • Use of force by police
  • Police-assault
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