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34 decisions turning on costs.
The claimants, David Abbott and others, are members and former members of HM armed forces bringing many thousands of claims for damages against the Ministry of Defence for noise induced hearing loss. Liability was disposed of by…
The claimant, Marie-Claire Di Mambro, objected to a proposed change of use of an agricultural building at Shoots Lane, Sheldon, Devon to a guesthouse. The first interested party, Arthur Airey, had applied on 5 March 2025 to East…
Thirteen private investors sued Angus Energy Plc, an oil exploration company, together with five of its individual directors and former directors, for misrepresentation. The claimants each purchased shares in Angus following its…
The claimant, Mr Andrew Tipping, is a professional photographer of four decades' standing and the co-creator of Max Power, a monthly magazine devoted to performance-tuned and modified cars published between 1991 and 2011 by EMAP…
The claimants, Mr and Mrs Clarke, were both councillors of Porthcawl Town Council, the first defendant. The second defendant, Mr Brabham, was in effect appointed town clerk and, the claimants say, caused an audit report to be…
The claimants, Hasbro Consumer Products Licensing Limited and Astley Baker Davies Limited, brought copyright infringement proceedings in the Intellectual Property List concerning the "Wolfoo" videos against Sconnect Co. Ltd, a…
The applicant, Dr TC, a medical doctor, and the respondent, WF, met in April 2023 and began a turbulent relationship marked by periods of separation and reconciliation. Their daughter EF was born in November 2024. The parents had…
The six linked claims arose out of alleged failings in the consent process for the use of synthetic mesh in the treatment of female pelvic conditions such as urinary stress incontinence. They formed a small part of a large cohort…
The claimants, Dr Sunil Gupta and Sunil Gupta MD LLC, brought long-running proceedings in the Business List arising out of sums wrongly appropriated by the first defendant, Olgun Halil Shah, who was the father of the fourth and…
P provides intelligence gathering services and analysis in support of legal proceedings. A US law firm, C, engaged P in connection with a dispute involving the Claimants — A1 and A2, companies incorporated in Country 1, and A3, a…
In 2004 the appellant, Mr Steven Orton, entered into a credit agreement with the respondent, Barclays Bank UK plc, and took out a Payment Protection Insurance policy to cover his repayments. Unknown to him, Barclays received…
Mark Gadsden's appeal against HMRC's refusal to treat late-paid Class 2 National Insurance contributions as paid for contributory benefit purposes was allowed by the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) in a decision released on 14…
The claimant, Perseus Ventures Limited, is a British Virgin Islands company owned and directed by Martin Walsh, who conducted the litigation on its behalf having been granted rights of audience by Freedman J in July 2024. The…
FGF applied for naturalisation as a British citizen in January 2020. The Home Secretary refused his application in February 2022 on good character grounds under section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, certifying that…
The claimant, The Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme Limited ("TWEISL"), in liquidation and acting by its joint liquidators, sued its former auditors, Crowe U.K. LLP (formerly Clark Whitehill LLP), alleging that competent auditing…
Manaquel Company Ltd is the registered freehold owner of Dorchester Court in Herne Hill, an Art Deco estate of eight blocks containing 96 flats. Following inspections between March and June 2021, the London Borough of Lambeth, as…
The parties married in April 2013 and divorce proceedings between Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj ("the wife") and Sohail Sultan Ahmad ("the husband") began in October 2020. The husband is the majority shareholder, a director and chief…
BriceAmery Capital Ltd ("BCL") is a small firm whose sole fee-earner and director is Mr Nazzim Ishaque. In March 2023 the Financial Ombudsman Service upheld a complaint by a person anonymised as Mr A, who said he had paid BCL…
The applicant, NW Publishing UK Ltd, provides support and back-end services to digital news publications and, until 2022, formed part of the Newsweek business; its sole director is Mr William Henry Dove. The respondent, Newsweek…
The three claimants, C2 (Mosaraf Hossain), C6 (Naveed Khan) and C11 (Ashiqur Rahman), brought claims in the King's Bench Division against the Home Office arising out of allegations that they had obtained TOEIC English language…
Mr Khan, a national of Pakistan, wished to visit the United Kingdom and applied for entry clearance on 30 October 2024. The Secretary of State for the Home Department refused the application on 28 November 2024. A pre-action…
The appellant, Manaquel Company Limited, is the registered freehold proprietor of Dorchester Court, Herne Hill, an Art Deco estate of eight Grade II-listed blocks containing 96 flats, 73 of which were let on assured shorthold…
The appellant, Daytona Surf Limited, a wholesaler of optical wear, was registered for VAT with effect from 19 August 2007. Its VAT return for the period 10/07 claimed a repayment of £15,260.18 of input tax with no output tax…
Atlantic Electronics Ltd appealed against three decisions of HMRC, made on 22 May 2007, 28 June 2007 and 28 May 2008, disallowing input tax totalling £1,128,137.50 claimed on the purchase of mobile phones in the periods 03/06…
The appellant, Global Foods Limited, traded from South Wales as a wholesaler of food and drink to small supermarkets. It had traded since 1988, employed 90 staff, operated a 60,000 square foot warehouse and had an annual turnover…
Mr Sikander Ali carried on the business of selling takeaway food from shop premises at Milkstone Road, Rochdale, under the style of "King Balti". In July 2002 Mrs Carey and another officer of the Commissioners visited the…
The appellant, Dynamic Construction Ltd, appealed against a review decision of the Commissioners dated 8 August 2005 offering restoration of a Ford Transit van, registration R636 OAD, on payment of a fee of £1,150. On 16 May 2005…
The appellant, Ian Walton Dalziel, was stopped by H M Customs and Excise at Newcastle Airport on 26 August 2004 as he returned by air from Spain, and 7,000 cigarettes were seized from him on the footing that they were being…
The appellant, Prudential Assurance Company Limited, the representative member of the Prudential UK VAT group, entered into a joint venture with the South African insurer Discovery Holdings Limited and its UK subsidiary Discovery…
The appellant, Mr David John Jones, is a sole trader who designs and manufactures tools for the building trade under the trading name "Advanced Pro Tools", and was registered for value added tax with effect from 1 August 1999…
Capital One Bank (Europe) plc appealed against the Commissioners' rejection of its claim for a refund of input tax of a little over £11 million. The appeal was heard in May 2005 by a tribunal of which Colin Bishopp was chairman…
Mrs Daphne Gutteridge, born on 21 November 1947 and married on 9 March 1968, worked almost continuously from the age of 15. In August 2003, when she was nearly 56, the Pension Service sent her a calculation showing that her…
Frametech Ltd, a Bristol company based in Flowers Hill, Brislington, appealed against a decision of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs requiring it to give security, in the sum of £30,400, before being…
Riverside Housing Association Limited is a registered social landlord within section 2 of the Housing Act 1996, incorporated under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 as a company limited by guarantee, and it is…