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Hewlett-Packard succeeds in landmark Autonomy case: full judgment handed down
May 18 2022
Mr Justice Hildyard has handed down judgment in the proceedings brought by Hewlett-Packard against Dr Lynch and Mr Hussain arising out of Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Autonomy (a FTSE 100 software company) in 2011...
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High Court hands down judgment on liability in the joined cases of ENRC v (1) Dechert (2) David Neil Gerrard and ENRC v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office
May 17 2022
On 16 May 2022, Mr Justice Waksman handed down judgment in the joined cases of ENRC v (1) Dechert LLP (2) David Neil Gerrard and ENRC v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2022] EWHC 1138 (Comm)...
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Privy Council hands down important judgment with ramifications for the law of negligence, banking law and the incidence of “Quincecare” duties
May 13 2022
On 12 May 2022, the Privy Council (Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows and Lady Rose) handed down judgment in Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 and another [2022] UKPC 18. This judgment addresses a number of interesting...
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Qatar Airways v Airbus: High Court dismisses application for interim injunction
May 11 2022
On Tuesday 26 April 2022, the High Court dismissed an application by Qatar Airways (“Qatar”) for an interim mandatory injunction seeking to compel performance by Airbus of a very substantial contract for the manufacture and delivery of 50 A321 aircraft...
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High Court decides novel issue of statutory interpretation in G4S shareholder litigation
May 11 2022
On 10 May 2022, in three related proceedings, Miles J handed down a significant interim decision in Allianz Global Investors GmbH v G4S Ltd (former G4S plc) [2022] EWHC 1081 (Ch). Last year, in the first of the three related proceedings, Mann J struck out 90%...
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Lord Wolfson QC returns to practice at One Essex Court
May 03 2022
One Essex Court is delighted to announce that Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar QC has returned to his practice in Chambers. Lord Wolfson QC returns to One Essex Court having undertaken public service as the Justice Minister in the House of Lords...
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Gerrard v Diligence: High Court gives judgment on Part 36 and costs consequences of discontinuance
April 19 2022
On 25 March 2022, HHJ Fine (sitting as a Deputy Master of the High Court) handed down judgment in (1) David Neil Gerrard & (2) Elizabeth Ann Gerrard v (1) Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd & (2) Diligence International LLC...
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Vanadium Battery Venture: High Court dismisses JVA claim
April 13 2022
On 7 March 2022, George Bompas QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) handed down judgment in Garnet Commerce Limited v (1) VRFB Holdings Limited (2) Enerox Holdings Limited [2022] EWHC 481 (Ch). The case concerned a joint venture...
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High Court grants stay on forum non conveniens grounds and dismisses application for injunctive relief
April 11 2022
On 11 April 2022 Joanna Smith J handed down judgment in BRG NOAL GP S.à r.l. & Anor v (1) Stefan Kowski & (2) Bastian Lueken, in which the Claimant Luxembourg entities sought interim prohibitory and mandatory injunctions requiring the Defendants...
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Important Commercial Court judgment on issue estoppel and abuse of process
April 11 2022
In a judgment handed down today (PJSC NBT v Mints [2022] EWHC 871 (Comm)), Foxton J has addressed a number of important and novel questions of law concerning issue estoppel and abuse of process. In the underlying Commercial Court proceedings...
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