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Appeal Reference: CH-2024-000302
ON APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF HER HONOUR JUDGE EVANS-GORDON MADE IN THE CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT ON 21ST OCTOBER 2024
(Case Reference: J10CL531)
Rolls Building
7 Rolls Buildings
Fetter Lane
London, EC4A 1NL
Before :
MR JUSTICE EDWIN JOHNSON
Between :
(1) Dr VIKRAM BHAT (2) GEETHA BHAT | Appellants/ Defendants |
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SMRUTI PATEL | Respondent/ Claimant |
Jason Coppel KC and Oluwaseyi Ojo (instructed by Taylor Woods Solicitors) for the Appellants
David Warner (instructed by Rainer Hughes) for the Respondent
Hearing date: 25th June 2025
JUDGMENT
Remote hand-down: This judgment was handed down remotely at 11.00am on Tuesday 19th August 2025 by circulation to the parties and their representatives by email and by release to the National Archives.
Mr Justice Edwin Johnson:
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- Introduction
- The conventions of this judgment
- The history of the partnership
- The 2014 Partnership Agreement
- The claim made by the Claimant in the action
- The Judgment – Paragraphs 1-17
- The Judgment – Paragraphs 18-24
- The grounds of appeal
- Grounds 1-4 – analysis and determination
- Grounds 5-6 – analysis and determination
- The seventh ground of appeal
- Conclusions