03/02/2020 Donovan v Gibbons [2014] EWHC 3406 (QB) (21 October 2014) [Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback] England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions >> Donovan v Gibbons [2014] EWHC 3406 (QB) (21 October 2014) URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2014/3406.html Cite as: [2014] EWHC 3406 (QB) [New search] [Printable RTF version] [Help] Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWHC 3406 (QB) Claim No: HQ14X00304 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL 21 October 2014 Before: HHJ RICHARD PARKES QC (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court) ____________________ Between: LOUISA DONOVAN - and KATE GIBBONS Claimant Defendant ____________________ Jacob Dean (instructed by Carter-Ruck) for the claimant Victoria Jolliffe (instructed by Payne Hicks Beach) for the defendant Hearing date: 14 October 2014 ____________________ HTML VERSION OF JUDGMENT ____________________ Crown Copyright © HHJ Richard Parkes QC : 1. This is an unfortunate dispute about a polo pony called Lady Gaga. Louisa Donovan, the claimant, deals in polo ponies through her business AD Pharma Consulting Ltd, trading as PharmaPoloPonies. She sold Lady Gaga to Kate Gibbons, the defendant. Mrs Gibbons wasn't happy with the pony, which she found unsuitable for her children to ride. Mrs Donovan would not take it back. There was deadlock. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2014/3406.html 1/6