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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, BUSINESS LIST (ChD)
Mr Justice Richard Smith
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
LORD JUSTICE ARNOLD
LORD JUSTICE NUGEE
and
LORD JUSTICE SNOWDEN
Between :
MOLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Claimant/ Appellant |
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MATTHEW JOSEPH HOLLOWAY | First Defendant/Respondent |
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JEREMY HAZLEHURST | Intervener |
Jonathan Crow CVO, KC and Tom Gentleman (instructed by Mishcon de Reya LLP) for the Appellant
Andrew Sutcliffe KC and Steven Fennell (instructed by Horwich Farrelly Ltd) for the Respondent
Ryan Hocking (instructed by Lewis Silkin LLP) for the Intervener
Hearing date : 22 May 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 29 July 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 Arnold:
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- Introduction
- The procedural history
- Mold’s substantive claim
- Mold’s application for a freezing order
- Mr Holloway’s application for an imaging order
- Mr Holloway’s request for evidence to be preserved
- Amended Particulars of Claim and Defences
- Mold and Mr O’Grady’s application for a Norwich Pharmacal order
- Mold’s application for extension of the Freezing Order
- Mr Holloway’s application to search and review the data from Mr Hazlehurst’s phone
- Mr Holloway’s application to vary the Freezing Order
- The Bankers’ Books application
- Mr Jacques’ application to set aside the Freezing Order and the Bankers’ Books Order
- The CYFOR report
- Joinder of the Third to Seventh Defendants
- Developments in the Leeds Proceedings
- The contempt application
- Mr Holloway instructs CCL
- Mr Holloway’s application to set aside the Freezing Order
- The directions hearing
- The judgment
- Conclusions