Commercial Client Articles

A construction company was entitled to immediate payment of £1m that it had been awarded by an adjudicator following a contract dispute. That was the decision of the Technology & Construction Court in a case involving Quadro Services Ltd and FP...

A director who continued to run a company that did not generate revenue and ran up debts of £7m has been disqualified for seven years for failing in his duty to creditors. The case involved Arise Networks Ltd, now in liquidation after being wound up...

A commercial landlord has won a dispute over unpaid rent of more than £166,000 despite the tenant citing Covid-19 as the reason for its failure to pay. The case involved Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft MBH and TFS Stores Ltd. Commerz was the...

The aircraft manufacturer de Haviland has been awarded $42m damages in a claim for breach of a purchase agreement for the sale of 25 planes. The issue arose after the customer SpiceJet had difficulty finding finance for the deal. The agreement was...

Financial penalties imposed on a company’s former director after he breached a settlement agreement were harsh but still enforceable. That was the decision of the High Court in a case involving Permanent Ltd and Greenhill Industrial Holdings Ltd v...

The landlord of an unlicensed house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been ordered to repay the full amount of universal credit she received from the local authority to meet the rent for people in need of emergency accommodation. The property had five...

The Countrywide estate agency group has won a contract dispute involving the £38m sale of one of its subsidiaries. The court heard evidence that Countrywide had agreed to sell its subsidiary, Lambert Smith Hampton Limited (“LSH”), to John...

A surgeon who accidentally set one of his patients on fire during an operation has won his case of unfair dismissal and been awarded £67,000. Dr O Iwuchukwu worked at City Hospitals Sunderland, part of South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation...

A director who had conducted the affairs of a night club in a way that had unfairly prejudiced a minority shareholder has been ordered to make an interim payment to her of £200,000. The figure could be much higher once a further hearing takes place. ...

The ban on tenants being evicted by bailiffs, which was imposed because of the Covid19 pandemic, has been extended until 31 March. Exemptions remain in place for the most serious circumstances that cause the greatest strain on landlords as well as other...