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The English High Court has recently ruled that an online betting operator could not recover £50,000 on loss-making trades allegedly made by a customer's girlfriend's five year old son.

The application was brought without notice on the basis that if notice were given there would be a real risk of dissipation of the assets.

A trustee is under a strict obligation to distribute the trust assets in accordance with the trust. In many cases this is simple, as where one person is entitled to the distribution.

This case deals with three main issues; (1) the duty of care of an advocate to a third party, (2) amendments to Particulars of Claim and (3) the test when seeking leave to appeal to the Privy Council.

The Rules of the High Court 2009 brought in a new regime for the conduct of Civil Litigation on the Isle of Man.

A discussion on the fact that applications for strike out are being increasingly used in the civil litigation process as a means to test, at an early stage, the courts view of the merits of a claim.

In R v Crellin Crim 2012/32 the High Court was asked to admit as hearsay evidence the statement of a witness who through fear would not give evidence.

Gross negligence is a civil law concept that has been imported into the common law.

In the recent case of US Securities and Exchange Commission v Samuel E Wyly and others ORD 2012/24, the Isle of Man’s Chief Justice, His Honour Deemster Doyle confirmed that in matters which require evidence to be provided to foreign Courts, such Courts should be "afforded the fullest help it is possible to give."

Thomas Jefferson once stated, "every generation needs a new revolution".

Deemster Corlett cited and relied upon Akhavan v Quinn Legal Advocates Limited 20134 as the leading case in the Isle of Man on security for costs.

The Rules of the High Court 2009 in the Isle of Man, give the court wide case management powers.