After a full day’s hearing, HHJ Cawson QC granted summary judgment in favour of the receivers – Williams & Acland v Simm & Ors [2021] EWHC 121 (Ch). In particular, the Judge gave a helpful review of the nature of the law as to the capacity of trustees to enter into legal obligations, and the application of anti-oral variation clauses in commercial contracts following the recent Supreme Court decision in MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd [2019] AC 119.

Oliver was instructed by Ellen Yeates of Clarke Willmott LLP.