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Brad Pomfret KC

Barrister

Brad Pomfret KC is a barrister practising from the Business and Property Team at 23ES Chambers, 41 Spring Gardens, Manchester and 1 Gray’s Inn Square, London. Brad acted for Mr Morley in Kendall v Morley. Email: (clerk) colinperrin@23es.com / https://www.23es.com/business-and-property/

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Resource-backed loans: a never-ending story?

In this article, Brad Pomfret KC, Asa Tolson and Rebecca Jones consider whether resource-backed loans secured by an ad infinitum pledge of the resources concerned risk creating irredeemable security as a matter of English law.

29 SEP 2025

Where does Barton v Morris leave the law of unjust enrichment in relation to payment for services provided under a contract?

A majority decision of the UK Supreme Court, Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3, handed down in January this year confirmed the existence of the subsisting contract rule, the effect of which is that where services are provided under a valid contract no claim to payment will generally lie in unjust enrichment, the parties’ rights and obligations being limited to those provided for by the contract.

1 JUL 2023