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The Marathon decision – is it right that employees can unlawfully remove confidential documents and not pay damages?
The High Court has recently considered the approach to assessing "licence fee damages" in a claim against two former employees of Marathon Asset …
Court of Appeal allows claim for "loss of a chance" damages where claimant failed to establish causation on a balance of probabilities
In a claim for inducing a breach of contract, the Court of Appeal held that a football agent could claim damages for the lost chance of earning …
Court of Appeal finds party confined to contractual remedy for breach of contract
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a buyer under a long term gas sale agreement was confined to the contractual remedy of "Default Gas" and …
High Court finds LLP member's profit share can be forfeited for breach of fiduciary duty
On an appeal from an arbitration award, the High Court found that a profit share payable to a member of an LLP was capable of being subject to forfeiture …
Court of Appeal finds innocent party could not affirm contract following repudiatory breach where defaulting party unable (not just unwilling) to perform
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a party was not entitled to keep a contract alive for the purpose of claiming ongoing liquidated damages …
Supreme Court decision highlights importance of contract terms in protecting principal from agent's insolvency
The Supreme Court has held that a principal was entitled to recover payments collected by its agent on its behalf following the agent's insolvency: …
Court of Appeal finds subsequent events should not be taken into account to reduce defrauded claimant's damages
The Court of Appeal has held that a defrauded purchaser's damages should not be reduced on the basis that, as matters transpired, the purchaser was not …
Competition Appeal Tribunal awards compound interest on £68.6m damages award
On 14 July the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) issued its judgment in the damages claim brought by Sainsbury's against MasterCard. It held that …
Court of Appeal confirms claimants entitled to only £250 damages having successfully mitigated own loss
The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of only £250 in damages for the defendant solicitors' failure to identify a relevant planning restriction …
Article published on the new rule on penalties under English law
Much interest has been generated by the Supreme Court's decision in Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye …
Supreme Court rewrites English law rule on penalties
In a judgment handed down this morning, the Supreme Court has in effect re-written the rule on penalties, saying that the underlying rationale of the …
Contractual damages: Supreme Court confirms overriding compensatory principle in case of one-off sale
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the overriding compensatory principle applies in the case of an anticipatory breach …
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