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05 August 2016
Issue: 7710 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Elections

Foster v McNicol (sued on behalf of all other members of the Labour Party except the Claimant and the Second Defendant) and another [2016] EWHC 1966 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 162 (Jul)

The Queen’s Bench Division held that, on the proper construction of the Labour Party Rule Book, the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party had correctly concluded that Jeremy Corbyn MP had been entitled to be on the ballot paper in the forthcoming leadership ballot, without the need to obtain any level of nominations.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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