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Coghlan v Lexlaw: the High Court sends a warning about deciding cases on unpleaded arguments

A summary judgement appeal is remitted after a judge decided a case that nobody had actually pleaded.

Roland Berger v Perrin: why a Stockport home address can anchor a £45m Middle East dispute in London

The Commercial Court refuses to stay proceedings despite the dispute's centre of gravity lying in the Middle East.

MA v FA and Ors: high court findings expose the architecture of transnational marriage abandonment

A husband planned a robbery in Pakistan to trap his wife there, the High Court has found.

Elbuzidi and Alharati v FCDO: the high court tightens the screws on government disclosure in torture rendition claims

The High Court has ordered a phased disclosure regime that could expose thousands of classified documents.

Edgware Road v Tera Westend: when both parties behave badly, the one that lies loses

High Court dismisses landlord's forfeiture appeal after finding it spent rent deposit funds and gave false evidence about it.

Huws Gray v Gentleman: a non-compete clause that prevented nothing was worth nothing

High Court strikes down builders merchant's non-compete covenant as unenforceable, exposing multiple drafting failures.

Asiimwe v Lambeth: a good system is not enough if you cannot show it actually worked

High Court allows appeal on reasonable adjustments duty, finding the council's individual failings could not be dismissed as merely "ad hoc".

HMRC v HFFX LLP: Supreme Court draws the line on purposive tax interpretation

Supreme Court rules deferred profit scheme not caught by partnership income rules, but individual partners still taxed.