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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 540 (TCC)
Case No: HT-2022-000043
HT-2022-000363
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT (KBD)
Rolls Building
Fetter Lane
London, EC4A 1NL
Date: 11/3/25
Before :
MRS JUSTICE JOANNA SMITH DBE
Between :
(1) MORNINGTON 2000 LLP (t/a STERILAB SERVICES) (2) SANTE GLOBAL LLP | Claimants |
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE | Defendant |
Sarah Hannaford KC, Rose Grogan and Ben Graff (instructed by Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP) for the Claimants
Michael Bowsher KC, Lara Kuehl and George Mallet (instructed by Government Legal Department) for the Defendant
Hearing date: 21 February 2025
JUDGMENT
This judgment was handed down remotely by email at 10.00 am on Tuesday 11 March 2025, by circulation to the parties or their representatives by email and release to the National Archives.
Mrs Justice Joanna Smith:
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- This is an application by the Claimants for a declaration that an audit report commissioned by the Defendant and created at a time when the parties were involved in Without Prejudice negotiations, tog
- The Background to the Application
- Relevant Procedural History
- The Application
- The Evidence
- Relevant Legal Principles
- Discussion
- The Public Policy Justification
- Implied Agreement
- Conclusions