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Law digests: 3 October 2025

03 October 2025
Issue: 8133 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd and another company [2025] EWCA Civ 1206

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by the claimant against a judgment by the High Court relating to breaches of a shareholders’ agreement (SHA). The court determined that breaches of SHA clauses by one party could be deemed ‘capable of remedy’ depending on whether the situation could be corrected practically without ongoing prejudice for the future. The judgment critically examined whether persistent breaches were remediable within the ten-business-day period specified by the SHA, as well as whether repudiatory breaches were necessarily incapable of remedy. Ultimately, the court held that it was not apparent that the buyback was not capable of being achieved in ten days. The court concluded that deliberate conduct, seriousness of breaches, and motive may influence remediability, but do not automatically render breaches irremediable unless significant lasting damage is caused.


Costs

Smith v Rice [2025] EWHC 2426 (Comm)

The Commercial Court ruled on certain matters regarding the amount of judgment and associated costs following

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

Francis Ho, Charles Russell Speechlys partner, was recently appointed chair of the Construction Law Committee of the City of London Law Society. He discusses the challenges of learning to lead, the importance of professional ethics, and the power of the written word, withNLJ

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
In this week's NLJ, Bhavini Patel of Howard Kennedy LLP reports on Almacantar v De Valk [2025], a landmark Upper Tribunal ruling extending protection for leaseholders under the Building Safety Act 2022
Writing in NLJ this week, Hanna Basha and Jamie Hurworth of Payne Hicks Beach dissect TV chef John Torode’s startling decision to identify himself in a racism investigation he denied. In an age of ‘cancel culture’, they argue, self-disclosure can both protect and imperil reputations
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