Routestone Limited v Minories Finance Limited (Formerly Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd); Knight Frank and Rutley (a Firm): CA 14 Nov 1996

The judge should never lose sight of the central truths that the ultimate decision is for the court and that all questions of relevance and weight are for the court.

Judges:

Butler-Sloss LJ

Citations:

[1996] EWCA Civ 964, (1997) 21 EG 148

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromRoutestone Ltd v Minories Finance ChD 1996
A receiver’s management duties will ordinarily impose on him no general duty to exercise the power of sale, or to ‘work’ an estate by refurbishing it before sale. Speaking of the role of an expert witness ‘What really matters in most cases are the . .

Cited by:

CitedDesigners Guild Limited v Russell Williams (Textiles) Limited PatC 14-Jan-1998
The defendant denied that it had copied the plaintiff’s designs.
Held: There was sufficient evidence of copying. It was wrong to dissect a work, but rather the court should look at the matter as a whole. . .
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Negligence, Evidence

Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.140831