“When a contract is poorly drafted and its effect unclear courts should interpret it in order to give it force rather than to render it void, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission are conducting a joint review of insurance contract law.”
Law Commission, 11th March 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Melody Goymer, a landlady who was sued for £750 by a serial rapist for clearing her flat of his belongings after he was arrested, has won her appeal against the ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A customer’s decision to terminate a contract and then to use that contract’s remedies to recover money did not prevent that company also suing for common law damages over a supplier’s failure to fulfil the contract, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Justice Minister Lord Bach has made a statement announcing the UK’s participation in the European Community regulation on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I).”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Allianz Insurance Co – Egypt v Aigaion Insurance Co SA
Court of Appeal
“In the context of a reinsurance contract, where a gap opened up between what had been previously quoted and agreed and what had been defined on the slip as the determinative contract, an e-mail reply by the defendant reinsurer’s representative was to be construed as an acceptance, which gave priority to the slip, rather than a counter-offer, which would have given priority to previous stipulations.”
The Times, 20th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A client’s signature on one document cannot be transferred to another and taken as approval of that second document, the High Court has said. Lawyers must ensure that the formalities of deeds and contracts are observed, said the Court’s ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Bath and North East Somerset Council is to sue a building firm for £21m after a luxury spa opened five years late.”
BBC News, 15th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Michael Jackson’s planned appearance in a London courtroom to fight claims that he owes an Arab sheikh nearly £5 million was cancelled last night after the sides struck an eleventh hour deal.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“London’s High Court will play host to a superstar next week when Michael Jackson testifies in person to contest a claim that he owes millions of pounds to an Arab sheikh.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The award-winning designer of the troubled B of the Bang sculpture has agreed to pay back £1.7 million of taxpayers’ money.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A contract based on a mistake by one of the parties can be valid even if the other party to the contract is aware of the error, the High Court has ruled. The case concerned mistakes that did not form terms of the contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Where a professional indemnity insurance policy required the insured to notify to the insurers of any potential claims against the insured ‘as soon as practicable’ the insured could satisfy the policy requirement if he made an attempted notification of circumstances which might give rise to a claim for professional negligence, which was understood by the underwriters to be such and which was made within the insured period. However, a notification served after the policy had expired relating to new potential claims was not an effective notification.”
WLR Daily, 6th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A man has been awarded £79,000 after his home, which he rented out for a film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig, was damaged by a production company.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A High Court legal fight has begun between world champ boxer Joe Calzaghe and his former manager Frank Warren.”
BBC News, 24th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Welsh Rugby Union has won a High Court battle with Wales’ four regions over the player-release row.”
BBC News, 24th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A transsexual truck driver who was forced out of her job when she started dressing as a woman has been awarded more than £20,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The inventor of a car door latch was not entitled to walk away from a commercial agreement in the way that he did, the High Court has ruled. The terms of the deal had been broken at one point, but not when the inventor ended the agreement, the court said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“On 13 October 2008, the Law Commissions published a summary of responses on business insurance reform.”
Law Commission, 13th October 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
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