Proprietary Estoppel, Constructive Trusts & Informal Agreements In the recent (30 July) case of Yeoman’s Row Management Limited v Cobbe (2008) UKHL 55, the House of Lords decided that the Courts below had been so indignant about the unconscionable behaviour of the appellant that they had failed to pay adequate heed to the strict requirements […]
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Costs & Mediation
It is becoming increasingly common for the unsuccessful party in litigation to try to argue that it ought not to be paying the successful party’s costs on the basis of a failure to mediate. The case law on that issue is relatively settled (see the judgment of LJ Dyson in Halsey v Milton Keynes General […]
Caledonian Challenge
On Saturday 14 June 2008, Toby Gibson, litigation partner at Gibson & Co successfully completed the Caledonian Challenge. This is a gruelling 54 mile course, over the West Highland Way in the Scottish highlands, covering the section from Fort William down to Loch Lomond. Competitors climb the equivalent of Ben Nevis twice. The “Challenge” is […]