Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 70 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 63
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge: Mummery, Etherton and Sullivan LJJ
Representation David Halpern QC (instructed by the Bar Pro Bono Unit) for the claimant.
  Josephine Martin (instructed by Lewis Hymanson Small LLP) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 7 February 2012

Catchwords

Contract - Loan - Claimant seeking loan to fund business - Claimant contracting with broker - Broker unable to find finance for claimant - Claimant issuing proceedings against defendant - County court granting defendant summary judgment - Claimant appealing - Whether court erring.

The Case

Contract Loan. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that in the circumstances the judge had not erred in granting summary judgment dismissing the claim for breach of contract.

Practice Areas

The judgment for this case is forthcoming.

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