Court Report

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Hammond v Herrington Carmichael: when interim invoices become statute bills

Costs Judge Whalan rules on whether 29 solicitor invoices constituted interim statute bills — with significant consequences for assessment rights.

Justice Investments v Visalia Energia: security for costs, strike-out, and the limits of open justice

Security for costs ordered against an apparently impecunious claimant company where evidence of beneficial ownership and control was opaque and incomplete.

Dhillon v Orchard: Court of Appeal rules section 26 FSMA rights cannot bind successors in title

Rights of recovery under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 do not extend to third-party purchasers of property.

Ranpariya v Government of India: High Court grants partial permission in complex extradition appeal

Extradition appeal raises significant questions on particularisation, torture risk, and the reliability of Indian diplomatic assurances.

KD v Home Secretary: Court of Appeal overturns asylum ruling for convicted murderer

A Turkish national who killed his wife cannot rely on the Refugee Convention due to danger to the community.

Tooley v Times Media: court refuses injunction and Norwich Pharmacal order in privacy and defamation dispute

The High Court declines interim relief and source disclosure in a case involving a private video.

Tooley v Associated Newspapers: limitation, relief from sanctions and the protection of journalistic sources

A claimant pursuing defamation claims against two national publishers secures a partial reprieve — but loses her primary action on limitation grounds.

Gardner Aerospace v Upton: director found in breach after lobbying against his own company's transaction

A CFO-turned-interim CEO covertly undermined a £35m refinancing deal to engineer his own re-employment.