Deputy ICC Judge Curl KC’s judgment in Wade & Anor v Singh & Ors [2024] EWHC 1203 (Ch) follows applications by the liquidators of MSD Cash & Carry plc to enforce charging orders over a number of properties owned by
More about Wade & Anor v Singh & Ors [2024] EWHC 1203 (ch)Phoenix Tech Ltd had carried on business to defraud HMRC by participating in a kind of VAT fraud sometimes called “missing trader intra-community” fraud or “carousel” fraud. It had submitted a VAT return claiming the right to deduct VAT and
More about Hellard v KhanIn Re a Company [2024] EWHC 1070 (Ch) was an application to restrain presentation of a petition on five grounds: (1) that the judgment debt was time-barred;(2) that it was unclear if there had been an acknowledgment of the debt
More about In re a companyThe judgment of Chief ICC Judge Briggs in Becker (A Bankrupt) v Ford & Ors [2024] EWHC 1001 (Ch) provides a useful summary of the matters to which the court should have regard when considering an application to lift the
More about Becker v FordIn a helpful case on the Bankers Trust jurisdiction Adam Johnson J made an order for disclosure against an Israeli resident, having decided that the court had personal jurisdiction over him as a director of an English company who had
More about Tonstate v WojakovskiSome key highlights of legal updates affecting the Private Client industry over the past month are as follows. Tax – new tax year changes The tax changes to note that came into effect for the new tax year 2024/25 are
More about Private Client Legal Update – April 2024The current position Under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), sexual harassment occurs where an individual engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and the conduct has the purpose or effect of either (i) violating an individual’s dignity, or
More about Prevention is better than cure: Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplaceICC Judge Mullen’s judgment in Sriram v Revenue & Customs & Anor [2024] EWHC 853 (Ch) follows an application by the bankrupt, Ms Sriram, to annul a bankruptcy order made against her on a petition of HMRC in circumstances in
More about Sriram v Revenue & Customs & AnorReid-Roberts & Anor v Mei-Lin & Anor (Re Audun Mar Gudmundsson (a Bankrupt) [2024] EWHC 759 (Ch) was an unusual case resulting in an unusual application of the exceptional circumstances rule in the context of an application by the joint
More about Reid-roberts & Anor v Mei-lin & AnorICC Judge Greenwood’s judgment in Kendall & Anor v Ball & Anor (Re Sherwood Oak Homes Ltd – Sherwood Oak Holdings Ltd) [2024] EWHC 746 (Ch) arises out of an application by the administrators of Sherwood Oak Homes Ltd and
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