2021

Recognition and enforcement of arbitration award - Receiver- Appointment in aid of protection of property - Principles to be applied – Property assigned - Whether applicants will be entitled to claim property during subsequent enforcement proceedings - Whether real risk of dissipation of property which is currently the subject of sanctions imposed by a third party state

Civil Procedure - Application to file defence out of time Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 10.3 and 26.1 - Whether an applicant is permitted to make more than one application to file defence out of time -  Res Judicata

Civil Procedure - Application for relief from sanctions - Unless Order against
litigant in person.

Civil Procedure – Claim form filed shortly before the expiration of the limitation period - Application to extend the time to serve a claim form filed within the life of the claim amended application filed after the claim had expired- Whether the application can be granted where the defence of limitation has accrued.

Civil Procedure - Application to discharge or vary final charging order -
whether Intervener is an interested person within the meaning of CPR
48.6(2)(a) - whether charging order properly attaches to property not
specifically identified in the application or order.

Property Rights of Spouses Act - Application to extend time to file a claim – Criteria by which the court is to exercise its discretion - Overarching principle is fairness

Application to set aside default judgment – Rules 13.2 and 13.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2002 (CPR) – The effect of a failure to comply with rules 30.2 and 30.5(1) of the CPR – Whether to set aside the default judgment and order a trial with the counterclaim.

Contempt of Court – Rule 53.10 - Whether Defendant served with Order bearing penal notice – Whether Defendant was present when injunctive order made - Whether Defendant in breach of order - Costs - Whether court’s displeasure with Defendant’s conduct may be reflected in an order for costs.

Civil Procedure - Application by Defendant to be removed as defendant in the claim and for a company not associated with the Defendant to be named as defendant instead – Can a Defendant remove itself from a claim and seek orders for an unrelated company to be named as the defendant instead - CPR 19.4(3) and CPR 20.4(2)