Date from which interest was to run on principal damages award. Leggatt J [2015] 5 Costs LR 813, [2015] EWHC 2834 (Comm) Bailii Judgments Act 1838 17 England and Wales Citing: Cited – Hunt v R M Douglas (Roofing) Ltd HL 1990 The plaintiff had an order ‘That the Defendants do pay to the Plaintiff … Continue reading Involnert Management Inc v Aprilgrange Limited and Others: ComC 8 Oct 2015
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In an action under section 15 against a company for permitting the transfer of shares after notice of a charging order nisi, and before the making of it absolute, it is a good answer to show that the judgment debtor in whose name the shares stood had no beneficial interest in them.’Bramwell B said: ‘The … Continue reading Gill v The Continental Union Gas Company Limited: 1872
The plaintiff had an order ‘That the Defendants do pay to the Plaintiff his costs of this action . . to be taxed . . failing agreement’ and the House was asked as to the time from when he was entitled to interest. Held: A litigant who has been awarded costs in an action is … Continue reading Hunt v R M Douglas (Roofing) Ltd: HL 1990
Whether interest recoverable under 1838 Act Citations: [2008] EWHC 1108 (Comm) Links: Bailii Statutes: Judgments Act 1838 17 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: See Also – Gater Assets Ltd v Nak Naftogaz Ukrainiy ComC 22-Mar-2007 Application for security for costs. . . See Also – Gater Assets Ltd v Nak Naftogaz Ukrainiy CA 17-Oct-2007 The … Continue reading Gater Assets Ltd v Nak Naftogaz Ukrainiy: ComC 21 May 2008
From its enactment it was accepted that s 17 applied to orders for costs to be taxed – even though before taxation was completed there was no sum for which execution could be levied – and did so from the date of the order (the incipitur rule), not the date of the certificate of taxation … Continue reading Thomas v Bunn: HL 1991
The Court has no power to award a different rate of interest from the statutory rate. Judges: Parker J Citations: [1984] 1 WLR 742, [1983] 3 All ER 598, [1983] 2 Lloyds Rep 434 Statutes: Judgments Act 1838 17, Administration of Justice Act 1970 44(1) Cited by: Cited – Chubb and Another v Dean and … Continue reading Rocco Giuseppe and Figli v Tradax Export SA: 1983
A surveyor’s negligent valuation had led to the plaintiff obtaining what turned out to be inadequate security for his loan. A cause of action against a valuer for his negligent valuation arises when a relevant and measurable loss is first recorded. Earlier decisions of the house had settled the liability for damages and the amount … Continue reading Nykredit Mortgage Bank Plc v Edward Erdman Group Ltd (No 2): HL 27 Nov 1997
The plaintiff had applied for disclosure of assets under the Rules of the Supreme Court in support of a Mareva freezing order. The rules were held not to provide any such power: disclosure of assets could not be obtained as part of discovery as the documents concerned did not relate ‘to matters in question in … Continue reading A J Bekhor and Co Ltd v Bilton: CA 6 Feb 1981
