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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
COMMERCIAL COURT
Mrs Justice Dias
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LORD JUSTICE MALES
LORD JUSTICE ZACAROLI
and
LORD JUSTICE MILES
Between:
URE ENERGY LIMITED | Respondent/Claimant |
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NOTTING HILL GENESIS (a charity incorporated as a community benefit society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014) | Appellant/ Defendant |
Jamie Riley KC & Chinmayi Sharma (instructed by Devonshires) for the Appellant
Hugh Sims KC, James Wibberley & Zachariah Pullar (instructed by Burges Salmon LLP) for the Respondent
Hearing dates: 8 & 9 October 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on Monday 10 November 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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- LORD JUSTICE MALES
- The background
- The contract
- Rollout of AMR meters
- The amalgamation
- Breakdown of the parties’ relationship
- Termination of the contract
- The summary judgment application
- The judgment
- The issues on appeal
- Is URE’s case of ‘deemed knowledge’ open on appeal?
- Election and estoppel
- Peyman v Lanjani
- Criticisms of Peyman v Lanjani
- Mitigations of Peyman v Lanjani
- Deemed knowledge of contractual terms?
- Knowledge and understanding
- Obviously available means of knowledge
- Lapse of time
- Quantum
- Conclusions