Results.
8 judgments found.
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| July 2026 |
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3 July 2026 |
| June 2026 |
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Purchaser's delayed payment after transfer breached the sale agreement and defendant liable for compound interest and costs.
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Contract Law
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Sale of Land — Purchaser's obligation to pay purchase price into seller's bank to discharge an encumbering loan
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Breach and Remedies — Delayed payment after transfer as breach causing recoverable interest damages
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Variation and Conduct — Advance payment for tanks and failure of counterclaim for tank value due to lack of credible proof
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19 June 2026 |
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4 June 2026 |
| May 2026 |
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Court refused defendant’s very late application to introduce new illegality and public‑policy defences as unduly prejudicial.
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Civil procedure
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Amendment of statement of case — Post-closure amendments — Discretionary permission; prejudice and remedyability (Order 7 r 23 CPR 2017)
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Late amendment — Introduction of new defences (illegality/ex turpi causa and treaty breach) — Requirement for convincing explanation and avoidance of undue prejudice
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Case management — Trial timetable and public interest — Protection of court resources and other court users from unjustified delay
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25 May 2026 |
| April 2026 |
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1 April 2026 |
| March 2026 |
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Amendment to claim for statutory collection costs under new rules denied because the rules do not apply retrospectively to pending proceedings.
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Civil procedure — Amendment of pleadings — Application of subsequently enacted subsidiary legislation to proceedings already commenced — General Interpretation Act s 14(1)(a)
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18 March 2026 |
| January 2026 |
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Court holds domestic jurisdiction prevails; fresh arbitration and foreign proceedings restrained as abuse of process.
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Commercial law — arbitration clause — stay of proceedings — section 6(1) Arbitration Act — jurisdiction after Supreme Court of Appeal order — anti-suit injunction — forum shopping — competence of procedural application under CPR 2017.
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29 January 2026 |
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Stay refused because contract's "arbitration" clause only required negotiation, not binding arbitration.
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Arbitration law — stay of proceedings — clause headed 'ARBITRATION' construed as negotiation clause — heading cannot override clear substantive wording — requirement of valid arbitration agreement under s.6(1).
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6 January 2026 |