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10 February 2017
Issue: 7733 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

Akers and others v Samba Financial Group [2017] UKSC 6, [2017] All ER (D) 06 (Feb)

The Supreme Court allowed Samba Financial Group’s appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal setting aside an order of the Chancery Division which had stayed proceedings brought by a Cayman company and its joint liquidators, in which they had contended that transactions, transferring the beneficial ownership of shares in Saudi Arabian companies, by a Saudi Arabian citizen, to a Cayman Islands company, were void dispositions of property, under s 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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