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This Checklist considers possible defences for a defendant facing a claim for misrepresentation. For assistance in understanding the nature of a misrepresentation claim and the core elements needed to prove it, refer to these Practice Notes: Misrepresentation—what it is and similar claims Misrepresentation—what statements will establish a claim? Misrepresentation—what is inducement?...

In this issue: Key R&I law developments Corporate insolvency procedures Creditors’ involvement Property insolvency Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Restructuring Daily and weekly news alerts New content Key R&I law developments Navigating UK sanctions in bankruptcy proceedings—the Hellard decision (Hellard V OJSC Rossiysky Kredit Bank) The High Court issued guidance to the trustees in bankruptcy of a Russian individual on issues arising under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Given the potential for serious criminal and civil penalties, any action taken in an insolvency that touches on actual or suspected sanctioned parties is a high‑risk area for officeholders. The court confirmed that trustees would not breach UK sanctions by permitting sanctioned entities to engage in the bankruptcy process, prior to any distribution, as creditors—this expressly covers voting in creditors’ decision procedures and taking part in, and voting on, the creditors’ committee. See News Analysis: Navigating UK sanctions in bankruptcy proceedings—the...

4VVV Ltd and others v Spence and others [2024] EWHC 2434 (Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? The claim revolved around three principal causes of action, including deceit. The claimants contended that statements made to them, which persuaded them to commit funds to the schemes, were fraudulent. A successful deceit claimant may recover every loss directly arising from the fraud, whether or not it was reasonably foreseeable. That extends to consequential losses and profits forgone on an alternative transaction they would have pursued but for the deceit. The claimant must, however, give credit for any gains made as a result of the relevant transactions. Rescission, as an equitable remedy, may likewise be sought, and was pursued here for the relevant contracts. The burden of proving the tort of deceit rests with the claimants. In 4VVV, each lead claimant had to establish that: the Representations were received and relied upon when investing the Representations were false the defendants believed...

In this issue: Transferring property Easements, rights and covenants Property development Property taxes Property insolvency Property in Scotland Key developments and horizon scanning Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers Transferring property HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 1 and forms FR1 and AP1 HM Land Registry has revised Practice Guide 1—First registrations, together with forms AP1—Change the register and FR1—First registration: application. See: LNB News 05/08/2024. Easements, rights and covenants Registration of easements—whether right of way acquired by prescription over private road In Sagier v Kaur, the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (the UT) allowed the appellant’s appeal from the First-tier Tribunal (FTT), directing the Chief Land Registrar to cancel the appellant’s application to register a private right of way over part of a private road owned by the respondent. The appellant had applied to the Land Registry to enter a right of way over the...

Overview This Practice Note forms part of our LLB Contract Law series for law students. It surveys the remedies for breach of contract, with damages at the heart of the common law response. Setting remedies within the framework of contract, it explains when a party may terminate—most notably for breach of conditions and of innominate (or ‘intermediate’) terms. It then sets out the expectation principle from Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850, stressing that an award should put the claimant in the position they would have been in had performance occurred. The Note next traces the principal constraints on recovery—causation, remoteness, and the duty to mitigate—and discusses leading cases on mitigation to show how these limits operate even once breach is proved. It also considers alternative measures—expectation, reliance and, in rare cases, restitutionary recovery—before addressing quantification, including the contrast between ‘difference in value’ and ‘cost of cure’ illustrated by Ruxley Electronics v Forsyth [1996] AC 344. Finally, it deals with non-pecuniary loss and the contemporary approach to liquidated...

Practice Note: Loan relationships—the main tax rules As set out in detail in the above Practice Note, the default position is that a company’s credits and debits—broadly, profits and losses—arising from its loan relationships are recognised for corporation tax within the loan relationships regime by reference to the company’s accounting profit and loss, as shown in its relevant accounts prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP). Put differently, GAAP-based accounts determine whether amounts exist, how they are measured and when they arise for taxation in relation to those loan relationships for corporation tax purposes. This is often summarised as ‘tax follows the accounts’. The statutory rules are found principally in Part 5 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (CTA 2009) (ss 292–476), with additional provisions contained in Part 6 (CTA 2009, ss 477–569). There are, nevertheless, specific situations in which the loan relationships rules move away from reliance on a company’s accounts. One such case is where the anti-avoidance provisions in Part 5 are engaged...

Loan relationships—the main tax rules As set out in Practice Note: Loan relationships—the main tax rules, the overarching principle is that credits and debits (in broad terms, profits and losses) that arise to a company from its loan relationships are recognised for corporation tax under the loan relationships regime by reference to the company’s accounting assessment of profit and loss, as presented in the company’s relevant accounts prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP). Put another way, GAAP-compliant accounts provide the mechanism by which the presence, quantification and timing of taxable amounts connected to a company’s loan relationships are determined for corporation tax purposes. This approach is commonly described as ‘tax following the accounts’. The statutory rules governing the taxation of loan relationships are found principally in Part 5 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (CTA 2009) (CTA 2009, ss 292–476), with certain further provisions located in Part 6 (CTA 2009, ss 477–569). There are, nevertheless, particular circumstances in which the loan relationships code departs from exclusive...

1 Terms of business 1.1 [ Your agreement is exclusively with [ insert name of company or LLP ], which alone bears legal responsibility for the services undertaken for you and for any action or omission arising during that work. No representative, [ member OR director ], officer, employee, agent, or consultant of [ insert name of company or LLP ] will have any personal legal liability for any loss or claim. OR Your agreement is exclusively with [ insert name of partnership or sole practice ]. No employee, agent, or consultant of [ insert name of partnership or sole practice ] will have any personal legal liability for any loss or claim, save for the [ partners OR sole proprietor ] of [ insert name of partnership or sole practice ]...