HT-2023-MAN-000021 - [2024] EWHC 1552 (TCC)

High Court Approved Judgment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

BUSINESS & PROPERTY COURTS IN MANCHESTER

TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT (KBD)

Manchester Civil Justice Centre,

1 Bridge Street West, Manchester M60 9DJ

Date handed down: 21 June 2024

Before:

HIS HONOUR JUDGE STEPHEN DAVIES

SITTING AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT

Between:

Justin Mort KC and Tom Coulson

(instructed by Sharpe Pritchard LLP, London) for the Claimant

Fiona Parkin KC, George McDonald & Samar Abbas Kazmi

(instructed by Pinsent Masons LLP, Manchester) for the Defendant

Hearing dates: 15 - 19 April, 1 May 2024

Draft judgment circulated: 30 May 2024

APPROVED JUDGMENT

Remote hand-down:

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10am on 21 June 2024 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by email and by release to The National Archives.

I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A paragraph 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.

His Honour Judge Stephen Davies