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Nirav Modi extradition: High Court refuses to reopen appeal after India gives interrogation assurances

Indian authorities provide binding guarantees across five investigating agencies; UK court finds no exceptional circumstances to justify reopening concluded extradition proceedings.

Parker v West Midlands Trains: Court of Appeal clarifies "minor error" rule in EAT appeal time limits

A three-year procedural ordeal ends with the Court of Appeal granting an extension of time.

Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle Investment: Court of Appeal confirms concurrent obligations in share sale completion

Delivery and payment in share sales are presumed concurrent — clear words required to impose sequence.

ACL Netherlands v Sandelson: currency risk, interest and the Autonomy fraud aftermath

Currency fluctuations, settlement credits and pre-judgement interest following the landmark HP–Autonomy fraud litigation.

Crane Bank v DFCU Bank: High Court refuses late amendments to defence based on PwC reports

Court holds disputed amendments neither consequential nor adequately particularised, with trial prejudice decisive.

Hammond v Herrington Carmichael: when interim invoices become statute bills

Costs Judge Whalan rules on whether 29 solicitor invoices constituted interim statute bills — with significant consequences for assessment rights.

Justice Investments v Visalia Energia: security for costs, strike-out, and the limits of open justice

Security for costs ordered against an apparently impecunious claimant company where evidence of beneficial ownership and control was opaque and incomplete.

Dhillon v Orchard: Court of Appeal rules section 26 FSMA rights cannot bind successors in title

Rights of recovery under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 do not extend to third-party purchasers of property.