Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd & anr v Ruhan & ors [2024] WTLR 145

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2024 #194

This was an appeal against a decision of Foxton J ordering the second defendant to pay £102m in compensation for dishonest assistance along with nearly £60m in interest.

The first defendant had been a director of the first claimant. In breach of fiduciary duty, the first defendant had caused the first claimant to sell company assets related to several London hotels to a corporate purchaser in which the first defendant had an undisclosed interest. The sale was at an objectively reasonable market price. The purchaser later sold the hotels for a large profit (partly due to having dev...

Auden McKenzie (Pharma Division) Ltd v Patel [2020] WTLR 1133

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2020 #181

This was an appeal against summary judgment on a claim for equitable compensation for £13,149,479 plus interest at 2.5% pa compounded annually.

A was a director of R. A and his sister (Ms Patel) had founded R and had been sole directors and (directly and indirectly) owned all of the shares. Between 2009 and 2014, A had caused R to pay £13,763,452 against sham invoices to Dubai companies. The Dubai companies had retained 5-10% of the invoiced sums and paid the balance to A (and Ms Patel’s) personal bank accounts, to them in cash, and to third parties for the purchase of a New York ...