Omnimax International LLC v Simon Cullen & Ors

Summary judgment can be granted if a party has no real prospect of succeeding and there's no other compelling reason for a trial.

CPR 24.3

Principles governing summary judgment (realistic prospect of success, no mini-trial, consideration of evidence available at trial).

Easyair Ltd v Opal Telecom Ltd [2009] EWHC 339 (Ch)

Company directors owe fiduciary duties to use company assets for proper purposes.

Companies Act 2006, sections 171, 172, 175; Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 347

Once a director receives company money, it's their burden to show it was for a proper purpose.

Gillman & Soame Ltd v Young [2007] EWHC 1245 (Ch); GHLM Trading Ltd v Maroo [2012] EWHC 61 (Ch)

Adverse inferences can be drawn from the absence of contemporaneous documents a party is responsible for maintaining.

Re Mumtaz Properties Ltd, Wetton v Ahmed [2011] EWCA 610; GHLM Trading Ltd v Maroo [2012] EWHC 61 (Ch)

Importance of critically examining evidence presented to court and reliance on documentary evidence in commercial disputes.

Calland v Financial Conduct Authority [2015] EWCA Civ 192; Gestmin SGPS SA v Credit Suisse (UK) Limited [2013] EWHC 3560 (Comm)

Hesitation before granting summary judgment if a fuller investigation of facts might alter the outcome.

Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Group Ltd v The Bolton Pharmaceutical Co 100 Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 661