A £39 million Commercial Court fraud and conspiracy claim has been struck out and summary judgment entered in the Defendants’ favour.The Claimant had been majority shareholder of Allerton Group Limited (“AGL”), the parent of a group involving steel fabrication and bridge building. The group entered administration in 2009 as a result of cashflow pressures. The […]

In a landmark judgment delivered today the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that, as a matter of EU law, the UK is free to change its mind about Brexit and unilaterally revoke the notice given under Article 50 TEU, thereby remaining in the EU on its present terms of […]

The Court of Justice of the European Union has published the Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-621/18 Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. In his opinion, Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona concludes: “When a Member State has notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, […]

Photo credit: Court of Justice of the European Union On Tuesday 27 November, Gerry Facenna QC and Anneli Howard appeared before the Full Court of Justice of the European Union on behalf of two Members of Parliament, Chris Leslie MP (Lab) and Tom Brake MP (Lib Dem) in the urgent preliminary reference case concerning the […]

Today, in proceedings brought by the CMA, the High Court (Mr Justice Nugee) has made an enforcement order under sections 217 and 219A of the Enterprise Act 2002 against viagogo, the operator of a secondary ticketing platform. The Court had been due to hear an application by the CMA for an interim enforcement order this […]

The Supreme Court has today refused permission for the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to appeal against the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland to seek a ruling from the CJEU on the revocability of the Article 50 Notice. See Supreme Court news release here. This means that the accelerated […]

The High Court has held that, where a trader acts misleadingly during a test purchase by a local trading standards officer, it breaches consumer protection law, even if the officer is not acting as a consumer within the meaning of the relevant legislation: Warwickshire County Council v Halfords Autocentres Limited and Competition and Markets Authority […]

In the latest High Court ruling on a procurement suspension, Mrs Justice O’ Farrell determined that the suspension should be lifted in claims by Alstom, Hitachi and Bombardier against London Underground Limited (LUL). The procurement concerned a procurement under the 2006 utilities rules concerning 94 new trains for the Piccadilly Line, together with technical support […]

The High Court has held that the statutory rules governing the right to take over a social housing tenancy when the former tenant dies do not discriminate unlawfully between widows and divorcees contrary to Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): London Borough of Haringey v Simawi and Secretary of State for […]

Social enterprise company Central Surrey Health (CSH) has won the first stage in a public procurement challenge against clinical commissioning group, NHS Surrey Downs CCG.   The case centred on whether the commissioners could continue with a contract CSH had originally been part of, but from which they claim they were subsequently “marginalised”. In yesterday’s High […]