6 Jun 2024
The Notice of Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is dismissed because the proposed questions lack merit: the Court of Appeal had properly considered the conveyancing context but found the SPA's material terms clear and not inconsistent, and the application failed to meet the statutory threshold under s 22(1)(b).
8 Jul 2011
Leave to appeal refused because the alleged points raised no arguable question of law: the sale agreements, properly construed, limited the reserved sums to the two specified Repair Orders and did not extend to subsequent repairs; the solicitors owed no duty to the claimants absent a special relationship; the costs order was not shown to be unreasonable and no basis existed for a stay of execution.
23 Dec 2005
The application for summary judgment was refused because it was arguable that UFC had not acquired title to the Guarantees under the 2nd SPA and the Assignment; where title to sue is in dispute on an arguable construction, leave to defend must be granted and the matter should proceed to trial.