Cross - applications by plaintiff and defendant for enforcement and stay of previous Information Order - partial compliance - reasons for non - compliance - need for proportionate approach - jurisdiction to make ancillary orders to ensure effectiveness of post - judgment enforcement of freezing orders - Grand Court Act (2015 Revision), section 11

Ruling on leave to appeal

Discharge of Guardian ad litem - approval of accounts - jurisdiction - whether all costs reasonably incurred - Grand Court Rules Order 62 rule 14, Order 80 rules 22(2), 25(4)

Children Act (2012 Revision) - Role of Guardian Ad Litem in private law children proceedings - recording of interviews by Guardian Ad Litem.

Jurisdiction to set aside or vary a judgment before the order giving effect to it is drawn up-inherent jurisdiction-proof fraud not required-Grand Court Act (2015 Revision), section 11(1)

Companies Act- Part XII - Transfer by continuation - Application to set aside deregistration of a company which cannot continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands - No statutory route to restoration - Inherent jurisdiction to set aside decision not complying with mandatory statutory requirement

This appeal is concerned with the relationship between the duties of the National Conservation Council (“the NCC”) in relation to protection of the environment under the National Conservation Act 2013 (“the NCA”) and the responsibilities of the Central Planning Authority (“the CPA”) in relation to the determination of applications for planning permission under the Development and Planning Act (2021 Revision) (“the DPA”). That relationship and the way the NCC’s statutory responsibilities are to be integrated with the CPA’s planning decisions are contained in section 41 of the NCA.

Decision on need and application for leave to appeal

Section 6 (f) of the Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), Leave to Appeal

Determination of issues relating to costs

Company Law - Winding Up - just and equitable ground, whether justifiable loss of confidence in the probity with which the affairs of the company are being conducted.

Identity of joint official liquidators-incumbent joint provisional liquidators supported by minority stakeholders-alternative official liquidators proposed by majority stakeholders-apparent lack of independence- legal test-correct approach

Brokerage agreement in relation to shares - plaintiff claims for breach of duty/breach of contract/conversion/unjust enrichment - defence and counterclaim based on illegality/unclean hands/contractual indemnity rights/unlawful means conspiracy/allowance in equity

Determination of applications for leave to appeal and a stay

Application for the production of documents referred to in affidavits - jurisdiction to order production in winding-up proceedings - governing principles - burden of proof for challenges to claims of privilege - balancing requirements of fairness and proportionality where production sought in relation to application to set aside a judgment under Court's inherent jurisdiction

Determination of application for leave to appeal

Determination of various issues relating to costs

This is an appeal by the Appellant (“Rabsco”) from a judgment of Ramsay-Hale J (as she then was) (“the judge”) dated 2 September 2022 (“the Judgment”)

Judgment on costs and application for stay

Judgment on costs and application for stay