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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
BUSINESS LIST (ChD)
Richard Farnhill (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LORD JUSTICE NEWEY
LADY JUSTICE ASPLIN
and
LORD JUSTICE LEWIS
Between:
ROHIT KULKARNI | Claimant/ Appellant |
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(1) GWENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (2) ST JOSEPH’S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITED | Defendants/ Respondents |
Andrew Butler KC and Hugh Rowan (instructed by Acuity Law Ltd) for the Appellant
Jonathan Crow KC and Thomas Braithwaite (instructed by Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP) for the First Respondent
Hearing dates: 1 and 2 July 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 26 September 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 Newey:
- Heading
- Section 1
- Early history
- The SHA
- Subsequent history
- The issues
- Clause 7.1(d)
- The Judgment
- Mr Kulkarni’s case
- Discussion
- The Judgment
- Mr Kulkarni’s case
- Authorities
- Discussion
- Legal principles
- Mr Kulkarni’s case
- The Judgment
- Discussion
- Issue (iv): Excluding the pre-existing relationship from consideration
- Mr Kulkarni’s case
- The Judgment
- Discussion
- The Judgment
- Mr Kulkarni’s case
- Authorities
- Legal principles
- Discussion
- Conclusions
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