Mark Harper KC (instructed by Paul Humphreys of LLM Solicitors) was successful in obtaining specific performance of a settlement agreement that had compromised a long-running partnership dispute and in resisting a counter-application for judgment for the balance of the settlement sum.
In the case note (a copy of which can be accessed here), Mark explains why the judgment is essential reading for those drafting settlement agreements and (in view of the indemnity costs order that was made) those opposing the enforcement of the same.
