In ATG No 2062 dated 20 October 2012, we published an article entitled “Court Orders in Partridge Case reveal extent of Amor trio’s defeat”.
It has been brought to our attention
following publication of that article that both the content and the
headline were misleading, because the so-called Amor trio,
consisting of The Right Honourable David Mellor, Christopher
Jemmett and Mark Law, have not been defeated and have been granted
permission to appeal the decision we reported on.
The outcome of the judgment that we reported
on was that the case of the Amor trio alleging fraudulent
misrepresentation against John Partridge continues to go forward.
The judgment we reported on had the effect of removing Frank
Partridge as a Defendant in the proceedings for fraud, but ATG were
not aware that, at the time we ran the article on 20 October, the
Amor Trio had made an application for permission to appeal both
Frank's removal from the proceedings and also to appeal certain
findings in the judgment that may otherwise have had the effect of
limiting their damages claim. In fact, we now understand, the Amor
Trio appealed the judgment we reported on 28 different counts of
appeal and were granted permission to appeal on all 28 grounds on
24 October 2012.
The effect of the judgment we reported on
was to reduce the magnitude of the claim against the Partridges,
but permission has now been granted to appeal those reductions. The
appeal hearing is expected to be heard in April 2013.
We apologise if our earlier report was in any way misleading.
The Amor trio's claim has not been "defeated", as we reported.
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