[2025] EWHC 2426 (Comm)

High Court Smith v Rice

Approved judgment

Claim No: CC-2025-MAN-000031

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS IN MANCHESTER

CIRCUIT COMMERCIAL COURT

SITTING IN MANCHESTER

Manchester Civil Justice Centre,

1 Bridge Street West,

Manchester

M60 9DJ

BETWEEN:

MS REBECCA SMITH

Claimant

-and-

MR MARTIN RICE

Defendant

JUDGMENT

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10am on 24 September 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by email and by release to the National Archive,

HIS HONOUR JUDGE PEARCE

INTRODUCTION