Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 293 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 683 (Comm)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court
Judge:

Judge Mackie QC sitting as a judge of the High Court
Representation Paul Darling QC and Gregory Banner (instructed by Kerman and Co LLP) for the claimant.
  Richard Slade QC (instructed by Thomas Cooper) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 23 March 2011

Catchwords

Contract - Construction - Contractual term - Commercial sense - Parties entering into introducing broker agreement in respect of introduction of potential customers to defendant company - Agreement providing that claimant company entitled to continued commissions after termination on accounts introduced to defendant - Agreement subsequently terminated - Claimant seeking account of sums due in respect of unpaid commissions - Whether agreement entitling claimant to continued commissions after termination in respect of accounts already introduced to defendant prior to entry into agreement.

The Case

Contract Construction. The Chancery Division of the High Court allowed the claimant company's claim for an account of what was due to it in respect of unpaid commissions following the termination of an introducing broker agreement between the parties pursuant to which the claimant was entitled to continued commissions after termination on accounts introduced to the defendant company.

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