Court Report

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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.

Sousou Connect Limited v Abel: oral capital introduction agreements and the limits of quantum meruit

A High Court ruling dismisses a €1.5 million claim for capital introduction fees, finding no concluded oral agreement.

Chambi v Aristodemou: unfair prejudice, false accounts and a quasi-partnership undone

False company accounts, misappropriated funds and a decade of concealment found to constitute unfair prejudice under the Companies Act 2006.

Whitaker v White Rose Academies Trust: EAT rules on unpleaded section 43K worker status in whistleblowing claims

Employment Appeal Tribunal declines to extend tribunal duties in multi-respondent whistleblowing disputes.

Gambrill v NG Bailey: indemnity clauses, causation, and the cost of late amendments

A High Court ruling on settlement-based contribution claims and contractual indemnities in a subcontractor chain.

Laboratorios Leon Farma v Comptroller: SPC application for drospirenone-only contraceptive fails Article 3(d) test

An SPC cannot be granted where a prior marketing authorisation contained the same active ingredient, even combined with others.

Halborg v Solicitors Regulation Authority: suspension upheld after sustained unmeritorious litigation

A solicitor who subjected courts to years of unmeritorious applications and attracted multiple civil restraint orders has failed in his High Court appeal against a 12-month suspension.