Outsideclinic Limited [2025] EWHC 875 (Ch)
On Friday 11 April 2025, Mr Justice Adam Johnson handed down his written reasons for having sanctioned a restructuring plan advanced by OutsideClinic Limited, a leading provider of in-home audiology and optometry services. The plan had been sanctioned at a hearing on 28 March 2025. The judgment addresses two important points for those considering using […]
Chambers Pupils Enter Their Second Six
We are pleased to announce that our current pupils Rachel Lane, Zara Yusuf and Samuel Lane have started their second six and are available to take instructions starting this week.
Re OutsideClinic – Sanction of a Restructuring Plan
On 28 March 2025, Mr Justice Adam Johnson sanctioned a restructuring plan relating to OutsideClinic Limited, the UK’s leading provider of home visit eye and hearing care services. The Plan raised interesting questions about the treatment of HMRC, resulting in HMRC appearing in court for a second time – under its new policy to appear […]
Lonham Group Limited v Scotbeef Limited & DS Storage Limited
Today, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Lonham Group Limited v Scotbeef Limited & DS Storage Limited (in liquidation) [2025] EWCA Civ 203 in which Christopher Boardman KC and Andrew Brown appeared on behalf of the First Respondent. The appeal was concerned with the construction of a contract of insurance and the potential […]
Tom Beasley successfully appears in bitterly fought shareholder dispute
After a two-week trial, involving eight witnesses of fact and two accounting experts, Charles Morrison (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) has ruled in favour of the Defendant in Singh v Bains and G B Retail Ltd [2025] EWHC 141 (Ch), rejecting the Claimant’s case that he was entitled to a share […]
Commercial Court judgment handed down in 10-year fraud proceedings
Commercial Court judgment handed down in 10-year-long US$325m West African oil trading fraud proceedings. Last week, following a three-month trial, Mr Justice Henshaw handed down judgment in Alta Trading UK (formerly known as Arcadia Petroleum Limited) v. Bosworth [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm). This was a long-running dispute, which has come before courts at various levels in […]
Mr James Main v SpaDental Ltd and Timothy Alexander Close
Jamie Cockfield, instructed by Katie Farmer at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, was successful for the trustee in bankruptcy in the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The appeal turned on whether a bankrupt dentist’s claim for holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998, brought in respect of a period of working from March 2013 until February 2019, […]
Contract Natural Gas Ltd v Zog Energy Ltd [2025] EWHC 86 (Ch)
Andrew Brown, instructed by Fraser Ritson and Aziz Abdul of Addleshaw Goddard, successfully represented the liquidators of Contract Natural Gas Limited, Joshua Dwyer and Will Wright of Interpath, in the recent High Court decision of Contract Natural Gas (in liquidation) v Zog Energy Limited (in liquidation) EWHC 86 (Ch) in which Andrew Twigger KC, sitting […]
Hirachand v Hirachand [2024] UKSC 43
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment today in Hirachand v Hirachand, a landmark decision concerning the recoverability of CFA success fees as part of awards under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Radcliffe Chambers barrister Sophia Rogers acted for the claimant successfully as sole counsel at trial, and together with Constance […]
Manolete v White [2024] EWCA Civ 1558
The Court of Appeal has just handed down its costs judgment in Manolete v White. It has held that a pro-bono costs award should be made against the unsuccessful respondent, even though it is likely that, if the appellant had been represented, any costs award in his favour would have been set off against the […]
