Percy v Merriman White

Subject Matter

DAMAGES — Contribution — Entitlement — Claimant settling main claim against defendant — Defendant subsequently seeking contribution from contribution defendant — Whether defendant required to establish contribution defendant’s liability to claimant in main claim — Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 (c 47), s 1(4)

[2022] EWCA Civ 493; [2022] Ch 249; [2022] 3 WLR 1; [2022] 4 All ER 647; [2022] WLR(D) 174, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Percy v Merriman White [2021] EWHC 22 (Ch), Ch D

E.Surv Ltd v Goldsmith Williams Solicitors [2015] EWCA Civ 1147; [2016] 4 WLR 44; [2016] 4 All ER 229; [2015] WLR (D) 459, CA

Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2

Hughes v Weiss [2012] EWHC 2363

IMI plc v Delta Ltd (formerly Delta plc) [2016] EWCA Civ 773; [2017] Ch 27; [2016] 3 WLR 1595; [2016] WLR (D) 418, CA

Iesini v Westrip Holdings Ltd [2009] EWHC 2526 (Ch), Ch D

In re Westbourne Galleries Ltd [1973] AC 360; [1972] 2 WLR 1289; [1972] 2 All ER 492, HL(E)

Langley Ward Ltd v Trevor & Anor [2011] EWHC 1893 (Ch), Ch D

Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja [2020] UKSC 31; [2021] AC 39; [2020] 3 WLR 255; [2021] 1 All ER 585; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 97; [2020] 2 Lloyd's Rep 165; [2020] 2 BCLC 319; [2020] WLR (D) 416, SC(E)

Mumbray v Lapper [2005] EWHC 1152

Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204; [1982] 2 WLR 31; [1982] 1 All ER 354, CA

Prudential Assurance Company Limited v. Newman Industries Limited (No. 2) [1982] 1 Ch 204

Saatchi v Gajjar [2019] EWHC 3472

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bairstow [2003] EWCA Civ 321; [2004] Ch 1; [2003] 3 WLR 841; [2004] 4 All ER 325, CA

Vujnovich v Vujnovich [1989] UKPC 21; [1990] BCLC 227; (1989) 5 BCC 740, PC


Cases cited in: Percy v Merriman White [2022] EWCA Civ 493; [2022] Ch 249; [2022] 3 WLR 1; [2022] 4 All ER 647; [2022] WLR(D) 174, CA

Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd (trading as Banner Jones Solicitors) [2021] EWCA Civ 7; [2022] Ch 55; [2021] 3 WLR 1317; [2021] 4 All ER 397, CA

Arab Monetary Fund v Hashim (No 8) The Times, 17 June 1993

BTI 2014 LLC v Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP [2021] EWCA Civ 9, CA

Balogun v Boyes Sutton & Perry [2017] EWCA Civ 75; [2017] PNLR 20, CA

Barker v Baxendale Walker Solicitors [2016] EWHC 664 (Ch), Ch D

E.Surv Ltd v Goldsmith Williams Solicitors [2015] EWCA Civ 1147; [2016] 4 WLR 44; [2016] 4 All ER 229; [2015] WLR (D) 459, CA

Hughes v Weiss [2012] EWHC 2363 (Ch), Ch D

IMI plc v Delta Ltd (formerly Delta plc) [2016] EWCA Civ 773; [2017] Ch 27; [2016] 3 WLR 1595; [2016] WLR (D) 418, CA

Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1; [2001] 2 WLR 72; [2001] 1 All ER 481; [2001] 1 BCLC 313, HL(E)

Kimathi v Foreign and Commonwealth Office [2018] EWHC 2066 (QB), QBD

Laing v Taylor Walton [2007] EWCA Civ 1146; [2008] PNLR 11, CA

Levicom International Holdings BV v Linklaters [2010] EWCA Civ 494; [2010] PNLR 29, CA

Luffeorm Limited v Kitsons Llp [2015] EWHC B10 (QB), QBD

Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja [2020] UKSC 31; [2021] AC 39; [2020] 3 WLR 255; [2021] 1 All ER 585; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 97; [2020] 2 Lloyd's Rep 165; [2020] 2 BCLC 319; [2020] WLR (D) 416, SC(E)

McIlkenny v Chief Constable of the West Midlands [1982] AC 529; [1981] 3 WLR 906; [1981] 3 All ER 727, HL(E)

Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204; [1982] 2 WLR 31; [1982] 1 All ER 354, CA

Saatchi v Gajjar & Anor [2019] EWHC 3472 (Ch), Ch D

Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Co [1980] AC 198; [1978] 3 WLR 849; [1978] 3 All ER 1033, HL(E)

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bairstow [2003] EWCA Civ 321; [2004] Ch 1; [2003] 3 WLR 841; [2004] 4 All ER 325, CA

Commentary

RPC Perspectives
Important Court of Appeal clarity on the operation of s1(4) of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 Case comment

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Abuse of Process - Relitigation and res judicata - Cause of action estoppel 33.16

Abuse of Process - Relitigation and res judicata - Collateral attack on earlier decision 33.19

Conduct of the Trial - Examination-in-chief 61.42

Conduct of the Trial - Judgment 61.54

Review of the Decision Below - Grounds for allowing appeals 75.6

Review of the Decision Below - Wrong decisions 75.8

Review of the Decision Below - Questions of fact 75.9

Review of the Decision Below - Failure to give reasons 75.10

General Powers Vested in the Appeal Court 75.21

Review of the Decision Below - Mistaken assumption 75.11

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