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Season 2, Episode 7: Hirachand v Hirachand [2021] EWCA Civ 1498

24th Nov 2021

CFAs and 1975 Act claims. Hirachand v Hirachand [2021] EWCA Civ 1498. Richard Dew talks about the Court of Appeal decision that permits recovery of CFA uplifts in 1975 Act claims including the implications for both Claimants and Defendants.

Seaons 2, Episode 6: When Can the Bastards Grind You Down?

10th Nov 2021

When Can the Bastards Grind You Down? Times Travel (UK) Ltd. v Pakistan International Airlines Corpn [2021] 3 W.L.R.727 and when will a threat to do something lawful will amount to duress in contract law. In this case, an airline used its monopoly power to compel an agent to agree to give up strong claims […]

Season 2, Episode 5: Hughes v Pritchard [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch)

20th Oct 2021

James Poole talks about Hughes v Pritchard [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch), a case which concerned testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval and undue influence in the context of wills, as well as a claim in proprietary estoppel, and where the judge found that the testator lacked capacity to make a will, despite expert evidence that he […]

Season 2, Episode 4: Boyle v Burke & Cave [2020] 1 BCLC 524 – Partnership Dissolution

6th Oct 2021

This podcast explores the recent decision of Boyle v Burke [2020] 1 BCLC 524 (in which Jeremy Callman appeared for the successful Defendants) which tackled questions of what dissolution of an 1890 Act partnership means and what brings about a dissolution. The Judge looked at the differences between ‘general dissolution’ and ‘technical dissolution’, how the […]

Season 2, Episode 3: Hudman v Morris [2021] EWHC 1400 (Ch)

29th Sep 2021

Adam Stewart-Wallace discusses the recent case of Hudman v Morris [2021] EWHC 1400 (Ch) in which an executor was removed for irrational and hostile conduct. One of the executors had been unreasonable in his conduct regarding relatively minor issues regarding the estate, including the reimbursement of approximately £2,000 to one of the beneficiaries. This had […]

Episode 2, Season 2: Howe v Gossop [2021] EWHC 637 (Ch)

22nd Sep 2021

Sam Laughton discusses the latest authority on the interface between the equitable doctrine of proprietary estoppel and the statutory requirement that agreements for the sale of land must be in signed writing. In Howe v Gossop, Snowden J considered the question of whether a proprietary estoppel asserted in defence of a claim of possession of […]

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