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What is the limitation period in respect of a transaction entered into by a director in breach of their fiduciary duty and/or in contravention of the provisions of the take-over code (as in force in 1989, when the transaction in question took place)? Can the director who breached be considered a constructive trustee?
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Do you need a grant of probate for executors to accept a Part 36 offer pre-issue? What if the Part 36 offer is made post-issue?
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Where you have a liquidated damages clause in relation to breaches concerning delivery (and there is no waiver in respect of the liquidated damages clause), does this clause prohibit you from seeking damages for other contractual breaches?
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Where proceedings are ongoing and the defendant enters creditors’ voluntary liquidation but the liquidators refuse to settle proceedings (drop hands) without payment of their costs to date, is there any authority for getting paid costs as an expense of the liquidation or attaching personal liability to the liquidators for future costs? Re Wenborn does not help as it only provides for payment of costs from the company's assets but in this case, the liquidators are adopting the proceedings where the claimant has offered drop hands.
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Where a company has entered into creditors’ voluntary liquidation after issuing a claim against another company, is there a common law or CPR duty to notify a defendant of the liquidation? Furthermore, is there a common law or CPR duty to head court documents with the words ‘in liquidation’ after the claimant’s name? If there is, will future court documents need to be amended in this way?
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Appropriate office

SCCO Guide—the office in which a request for a detailed assessment hearing should be filed: it is the County Court Office or District Registry for the court in which the order for costs was made or, in all other cases, the Senior Court Costs Office (SCCO). Where the SCCO is the appropriate office for the request, it is also the appropriate office for any request or application made earlier in the detailed assessment proceedings, eg, a request for a default costs certificate, a request or application to set aside such a certificate and applications for extension of time and sanctions for delay

Date ranges

A start and end period usually used to limit the extent to which a search for documents or a category of documents is applied

SMS

Short message service. A way of exchanging short text messages between mobile phone devices.
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