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Lish v Northern Block: Court of Appeal draws the line on Henderson abuse in royalty disputes

When a second claim crosses the line into abuse of process — and when it does not.

Horton v Norman: High Court rejects money laundering defence in loan recovery disputes

Establishing money laundering in civil proceedings requires an irresistible inference that funds could only derive from crime, not merely suspicious circumstances.

NCA v GKC (No 2): open justice prevails over anonymity in unexplained wealth order proceedings

High Court rules that Article 8 privacy rights do not invert the starting point of open justice in contested UWO hearings.

Bourlakova v Bourlakov estate: High Court refuses expanded disclosure and defers partnership account to post-trial inquiry

Partnership account too complex for trial; remedies on counterclaims to follow separate accounting process

Thakrar v Secretary of State for Justice: Court of Appeal upholds lawfulness of long-term CSC segregation

Non-engagement with prison psychologists can justify prolonged segregation without breaching Articles 3 or 8 ECHR.

Howell v Pile Construction: mesothelioma claim fails on disputed asbestos exposure evidence

A claimant's case for damages arising from a mesothelioma diagnosis collapses after the court finds his recollections insufficient to establish asbestos exposure on the balance...

Pridewell Properties v Spirit Pub Company: landlord fails to establish redevelopment ground under 1954 Act

High Court dismisses appeal on funding evidence and redevelopment timing under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

WRBC Corporate Member Ltd v AXA XL Syndicate Ltd: Covid cancellation losses and the meaning of "event" in reinsurance aggregation clauses

High Court rules that "event" in excess of loss reinsurance limits clause means a causative event, not the cancelled conference itself