Court Report

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Together Commercial Finance v Slack: receivers free to sell despite mental health crisis moratorium

Third party charge secured company debt only, so breathing space did not bite.

Kluz-Burton v Regional Court in Warsaw: Divisional Court upholds extradition despite ministers' election-eve statements

Political comment aimed at prosecutors, not the court, leaves Polish warrant valid.

Payne Hicks Beach v Nielsen: court resists "siren song" of preliminary issues in life policy dispute

Deputy Master Holden refuses executor's bid to split trial over Luxembourg bond ownership.

Chin v The estate of George Edward Chin: costs approach claim value as court strikes swathes of witness evidence

Deputy Master excludes recycled probate statements but orders cross-examination applying TUI v Griffiths.

Valiant Pub Company v Newcastle City Council: Tribunal upholds asset of community value listing for thriving pub and brewery

Commercial success and wide catchment are no bar to ACV listing under section 88(1).

R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government: £2.1m ERDF clawback upheld

Threshold error immaterial; late amendment refused for want of procedural rigour.

Ideasoft Solutions v Kolomiets: harassment claim sent to trial despite strong argument victims were abroad

Linden J declines to decide territorial reach of the 1997 Act summarily.

Emerging Media Ventures v Kundra: High Court enforces Rajasthan Royals settlement with permanent anti-suit injunction

Summary judgement granted in defendants' absence after they filed no evidence at all.