Grovewood Holding Plc v James Capel & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date19 July 1994
Date19 July 1994
CourtChancery Division

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58 cases
1 firm's commentaries
  • Litigation Funding In Jersey
    • Jersey
    • Mondaq Jersey
    • 27 August 2013
    ...them to bring proceedings to vindicate their rights." The Defendant relied on the case of Grovewood Holdings PLC v James Capel and Co Ltd [1995] Ch 80 in which Lightman J had held that where proceedings were found to be maintained champertously they should be stayed. However, the Court pref......
1 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...not enforce champertous agreements. See also Grell v. Levy(1864) 16 C.B. (N.S.) 73 and Grovewood Holdings Plc v. James Capel & Co. Ltd.[1995] 2 W.L.R. 70. It would appear from these two cases, that a champertous contract is illegal. For maintenance, see the recent case of McFarlane v. E.E. ......