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Cabo Concepts v MGA Entertainment: when disclosure failings do not unravel a costs order

A party's own disclosure breaches, discovered after a costs order is made, will not automatically justify varying that order — even where different conduct might...

AL v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal affirms procedural discipline in article 3 health claims

Court of Appeal dismisses article 3 and article 8 challenge to removal of seriously ill DRC national.

Guest v Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism, not negligent anaesthetic management

A High Court judge has dismissed a clinical negligence claim brought by a young man who lost most of his sight following complex spinal surgery.

Atuanya v Ministry of Defence: cold injury claim defeated by surveillance footage and fundamental dishonesty ruling

A soldier's NFCI damages claim, valued at nearly £376,000, collapses after covert surveillance exposes conscious exaggeration of cold sensitivity.

Bhattacharya v Armstrong: abuse of process bars daughters' bid to reopen property declaration

Daughters who knowingly stood back during bankruptcy proceedings cannot seek to relitigate their parents' defeated beneficial interest claims.

KSY Juice Blends v Citrosuco: quantifying damages where the defendant refused to take delivery

A High Court judgement on the measure of loss for non-acceptance of goods, the fair wind principle, and the treatment of avoided costs where evidence...

DailyGobble Inc v Jain: costs consequences of a void corporation's letter of request

When a plaintiff's lapsed Delaware registration unravels its own evidence-gathering.

Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme v Crowe UK: auditor negligence, causation and the limits of shareholder recovery

Damages of just over £100,000 awarded after seven years of negligent audits failed to detect a Ponzi-style fraud.