Dramatis Personae:
International Hotels: The Claimant
Ella Lake: The Defendant
Montagu Wilson: Claimant’s solicitors
Campbell George: Defendant’s solicitors
Laura Cramp: Director of the Claimant Company with whom contract was formed
Key Date | Event |
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Early May 2013 | Re-release of Defendant’s record into the Top 30 |
26 May 2013 | Laura Cramp meets Ella Lake |
8 June 2013 | Written contract formed. Defendant and backing band would perform at the venue on 25 August 2013 for 30,000 |
8 June 2013 | Defendant left 25 photographs with the Defendant for promotion purposes. Said that she could advertise them in Guildshire and the Defendant’s website. (But not in national press)(Claimant advertised in Guildshire press ) |
8 June 2013 | 30,000 duly paid to the Defendant |
22 June 2013 | Deeply offensive and distasteful Radio 2 interview conducted by the Claimant. Claimant interviewed with national press. |
21 August 2013 | The ‘final straw’ that the poster of the Defendant arrived in the Express newspaper with article on Defendant’s private life |
22 August 2013 | Defendant attempts to cancel performance by a letter. She states that there has been newspaper and television advertising without the Defendant’s prior approval (offending clause 6) |
24 August 2013 | Claimant accepted the Defendant’s ‘repudiatory breach of contract’ (cancellation) by letter |
25 August 2013 | Proposed date of concert at the Claimant’s venue |
1 October 2013 | Particulars of Claim served |
15 October 2013 | Defendant serves her Defence |
9 November 2013 | Application for summary judgment submitted |
9 November 2013 | Witness statement of the Claimant |
18 November 2013 | Witness statement of the Defendant |
6 December 2013 | Campbell George instructed by Ella Lake |
7 December 2013 | The hearing |
I am representing the Defendant in International Hotels Limited v EllaLake case and I am responding to a summary judgment application (So I am Ella Lake The Respondent)
Chisholm Park Golf Club Limited v Turnberry Construction Limited
Dramatis Personae:
Chisholm Park Golf Club The Claimant
Turnberry Construction: The Defendant
Montagu Wilson: Claimant’s solicitors
Campbell George: Defendant’s solicitors
Robert Duval: Managing Director of the Claimant
Judy Flanagan: Contractor for the Defendant
Michael Smedley: Defendant’s Financial Director
Key Date | Event |
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September 2012-2013 | Claimant’s accounts show a net loss of 150,000. Also, greenkeeping staff fell from three to one. Number of paying members fell from 2,000 to 1,200 which had to do with bad press (below) |
7 January 2013 | Written contract formed whereby the Defendant would redevelop the 17th and 18th holes and reseed them with “bentgrass” for 50,000 |
11 January 2013 | Claimant paid Defendant 50,000 |
February and March | Defendant carried out the work. Purported breach of implied terms failing to carry out the work with reasonable care and skill |
3 June 2013 | Claimant subject to adverse press, see article from ‘Corporate Hospitality Today’. Problem with dress code and rudeness of staff |
14 June 2013 | Letter saying client leaving because of state of 17th and 18th holes |
6 September 2013 | Particulars of Claim served |
4 October 2013 | Defence served |
8 November 2013 | ... |