Richards (t/a Colin Richards & Co) v Hughes

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgePeter Gibson L.J.,Jacob LJ,Sir William Aldous
Judgment Date09 March 2004
Neutral Citation[2004] EWCA Civ 266
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Docket NumberCase No: A3/2003/1911
Date09 March 2004
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  • UBS AG v Rose Capital Ventures Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 November 2018
    ...Procedure 2018 at paragraph 3.4.2 record, the right approach is that indicated by the Court of Appeal in Hughes v Colin Richards & Co [2004] EWCA Civ 266, namely the court must be certain that the claim (or defence) is bound to fail. And even if the court reaches that conclusion based on th......
  • Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Condek Holdings Ltd (formerly Condek Ltd) and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 24 June 2014
    ...admissible claim. 15 For the purposes of these applications I adopt the statement of principle provided by Peter Gibson LJ in Hughes v Colin Richards & Co [2004] EWCA Civ 266. There the Defendant had brought applications under both CPR 3.4 and CPR 24. Although the application under CPR 24 p......
  • Alan Michael Houchin v Lincolnshire Probation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 9 April 2013
    ...( Watkins v SSHD [2006] 2 WLR 807). 33 An application to strike out should not be granted unless the claim is bound to fail ( Hughes v. Colin Richards and Co [2004] EWCA Civ 266). In order to defeat a claim for summary judgment it is sufficient for the respondent to show some prospect of su......
  • Rail for London Ltd v The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hackney
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 9 May 2022
    ...should not be granted unless the Court is certain that the claim is bound to fail. He relied on [22] of Hughes v Colin Richards & Co [2004] EWCA Civ 266, a case in which the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the rejection of a strike-out application. Peter Gibson LJ was dealing i......
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