Easy Air Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
JudgeTHE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE LEWISON,Mr. Justice Lewison
Judgment Date08 April 2009
Neutral Citation[2009] EWHC 339 (Ch),[2009] EWHC 779 (Ch)
Docket NumberCase No: 7MA91089
Date08 April 2009

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  • Fiona Lorraine Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 18 January 2021
    ...upon the following three of the well-known principles which Lewison J, as he then was, summarised in EasyAir Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) at [15] as being applicable to a defendant's application for summary judgment, namely (with her emphasis): ii) “A “realistic” claim is one......
  • Barclays Bank Plc v Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 10 January 2022
    ...approval the following considerations applicable to summary judgment applications, taken from passages in Easyair Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) and Swain v Hillman [2001] 1 All ER 91 at 94: i) the court must consider whether the claimant has a “realistic” as opposed to a “fan......
  • Giannis Ntzegkoutanis v Georgios Kimionis
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 December 2022
    ...following principles applicable to applications for summary judgment were formulated by Lewison J in Easyair Ltd v. Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) at [15] and approved by the Court of Appeal in AC Ward & Sons Ltd v. Catlin (Five) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1098; [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 3......
  • David Neil Gerrard v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 27 November 2020
    ...application for summary judgment: Moroney v Anglo-European College of Chiropractice [2009] EWCA Civ 1560 (at [24]). 19 In Easyair v Opal [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) at [15], Lewison J set out the principles applicable to the equivalent test in summary judgment, as follows: “i) The court must consi......
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