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Atuanya v Ministry of Defence: cold injury claim defeated by surveillance footage and fundamental dishonesty ruling

A soldier's NFCI damages claim, valued at nearly £376,000, collapses after covert surveillance exposes conscious exaggeration of cold sensitivity.

Bhattacharya v Armstrong: abuse of process bars daughters' bid to reopen property declaration

Daughters who knowingly stood back during bankruptcy proceedings cannot seek to relitigate their parents' defeated beneficial interest claims.

KSY Juice Blends v Citrosuco: quantifying damages where the defendant refused to take delivery

A High Court judgement on the measure of loss for non-acceptance of goods, the fair wind principle, and the treatment of avoided costs where evidence...

DailyGobble Inc v Jain: costs consequences of a void corporation's letter of request

When a plaintiff's lapsed Delaware registration unravels its own evidence-gathering.

Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme v Crowe UK: auditor negligence, causation and the limits of shareholder recovery

Damages of just over £100,000 awarded after seven years of negligent audits failed to detect a Ponzi-style fraud.

Ugolor v Ugolor: will set aside for want of knowledge and approval after court finds beneficiary likely drafted document

A homemade will leaving an estate to a single child has been pronounced invalid after the High Court found the deceased probably did not know...

Hough v Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service: striking-off upheld after paramedic misconduct findings

Striking-off order confirmed for senior paramedic following dishonesty and unsafe clinical practice.

Khakimov v Amova Asset Management: EAT clarifies section 15 causation and the limits of list of issues re-formulation

EAT dismisses disability discrimination and unfair dismissal appeal following capability-based dismissal.