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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    • 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......
  • Boots UK Ltd v Severn Trent Water Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 17 January 2018
    ...whether a real prospect of success has been shown for the purposes of a summary judgment application set out by Lewison J in Easyair Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) at [15]. Issue 1: the statutory meaning of trade effluent 53 There was no dispute between the parties as to the pr......
  • YSL v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 22 February 2024
    ...claim or issue …” 99 The test to be applied on a summary judgment application is well-known. In EasyAir Limited v. Opal Telecom Limited [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch), [15], Lewison J (as he then was) said: “1. The court must consider whether the [respondent to the summary judgment application] has a......
  • British Telecommunications Plc v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 December 2023
    ...There was also no issue as to the correct legal test to apply, namely that summarised by Lewison J in Easyair Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch) (“ Easyair”) at [15] in the context of summary judgment. I am content to proceed on that basis, although it is worth bearing in mind that......
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