Category: Legal Update

When I qualified as a solicitor in 2005 I well remember the complexity bought about by the introduction of the Single Farm Payment that cruelly coincided with the start of my new job. There was much debate as to the new drafting required for sale contracts and tenancy agreements to take into account the entitlements […]

Close Brothers v Ridsdale [2012] EWHC 3090 (QB) Enforcement of guarantees   The facts of this case are all too familiar. Mr Ridsdale had been a successful property developer. He was the first defendant and his wife was the second defendant. Mr Ridsdale carried out his property development through a company, the third defendant. Close […]

This is a victory for David over Goliath, and the facts are intriguing. As its name suggests, the claimant is a spread betting bookmaker. It offered to accept bets on the movements in prices of various commodities including gold, silver and crude oil. Mr Cochrane visited the claimant’s website in October 2010. He provided brief […]