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MR JUSTICE GRIFFITHS and JUDGE JARMAN KC Approved Judgment | Beacon Cymru Group Ltd and Others v. Mitchell and Others |

Case Nos: PT-2024-CDF-000024 and PT-2024-CDF-000026k
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHANCERY DIVISON
DIVISIONAL COURT
Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre
2 Park St, Cardiff, CF10 1ET
B E F O R E:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE GRIFFITHS
HIS HONOUR JUDGE JARMAN KC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)
PT-2024-CDF-000024
B E T W E E N:
(1) BEACON CYMRU GROUP LIMITED
(formerly Coastal Housing Group Limited)
(2) TAI CALON COMMUNITY HOUSING LIMITED
CLAIMANTS/ PART 20 DEFENDANTS
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(1) MRS DAWN MITCHELL
(2) MS HELEN LOUISE JONES
DEFENDANTS / PART 20 CLAIMANTS
PT-2024-CDF-000026
B E T W E E N:
BRON AFON COMMUNITY HOUSING LIMITED
CLAIMANTS / PART 20 DEFENDANTS
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MR WILLIAM JOHN WADLEY
DEFENDANT / PART 20 CLAIMANT
A N D:
THE WELSH MINISTERS
INTERVENER
Justin Bates KC, Sarah Salmon, Jack Barber and Camille Richards
(instructed by Devonshires Solicitors LLP) for the Claimants / Part 20 Defendants
Ranjit Bhose KC, Tara O’Leary and Hannah Taylor
(instructed by Winckworth Sherwood LLP) for the Defendants / Part 20 Claimants
Emyr Jones and Jack Stanley
(instructed by Legal Services, Welsh Government) for the Intervener
Hearing dates: 29, 30 and 31 July 2025
Approved Judgment
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- The Hon. Mr Justice Griffiths and His Honour Judge Jarman KC
- ISSUE 1 - DID THE DEFENDANTS PAY RENT BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE OF LAW?
- The undisputed facts
- The evidence
- Evidence on behalf of the claimants and Welsh Government
- The evidence of the defendants
- The evidence of Mrs Mitchell
- The evidence of Ms Helen Jones
- The evidence of Mr William Wadley
- Conclusion on the evidence
- ISSUE 2 - WERE THE CLAIMANTS UNJUSTLY ENRICHED AS A RESULT OF THE DEFENDANTS’ MISTAKE?
- ISSUE 3 - IS A CLAIM FOR UNJUST ENRICHMENT NOT AVAILABLE TO THE DEFENDANTS IN ANY EVENT, GIVEN THAT THERE IS A SUBSISTING CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM AND THE CLAIMANT LANDLORDS?
- ISSUES 4, 5 AND 6
- Conclusions
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