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URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd UKSC 21
URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 Background to the Case On 14 June 2017, Grenfell Tower in London was engulfed in flames, tragically resulting in 72 fatalities. The disaster exposed widespread safety defects in high, rise residential buildings, most notably the use of unsafe cladding. In response, the Government urged developers […]
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Aluko v Barton [2025] EWHC 853 (KB)
High Court Clarifies Defamatory Meaning of Tweets in Aluko v Barton [2025] EWHC 853 (KB) In April 2025, the High Court (King’s Bench Division) handed down a judgment on preliminary issues in the libel case of Eniola Aluko v Joseph (“Joey”) Barton. The claimant, Eniola Aluko, is a prominent former England footballer and media pundit, […]
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Patarkatsishvili and another v Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch)
Patarkatsishvili and another v Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch) The case involves a claim for rescission and damages for fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of a house, Horbury Villa, Ladbroke Road, London W.11. The Claimants, Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak, alleged that the Defendant, William Woodward-Fisher, falsely answered three pre-contract enquiries, concealing a serious clothes […]