Company
Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd and other companies; Business Mortgage Finance 4 plc v Pengelly [2021] EWCA Civ 471, [2021] All ER (D) 35 (Apr)
The appellants, who had acquired the rights of lenders, appealed decisions in two cases that the loans that they had acquired could be rescinded on the basis that the brokers in each case had received non-disclosed commission. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissing the appeals, held that the question of whether rescission had been an available remedy had not depended upon the existence of a fiduciary duty, but was whether the broker had been under a duty to provide information, advice and recommendations on an impartial or disinterested basis, and if they were, the payment of bribes or secret commissions exposed the broker and the payee to the applicable civil remedies.
Contract
Green v Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd (trading as Betfred) [2021] EWHC 842 (QB), [2021] All ER (D) 30 (Apr)
The claimant was granted summary judgment on his claim for payment of his winnings in respect of an online game called ‘Frankie Dettori’s
