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Weekly law digests

16 January 2020
Issue: 7870 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Bank

Barness and others v Ingenious Media Ltd and others [2019] EWHC 3021 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 200 (Oct)

The claimants’ claims against the defendant banks for breach of contract, based on implied terms and for negligence based on duties of care owed in tort concurrent to the contractual duties of care said to have been owed or arising from an assumption of responsibility would be struck out, pursuant to CPR 3.4(2)(a). The Chancery Division further granted summary judgment against the claimants on claims that the banks were vicariously liable for breaches of duty by a firm of independent financial advisers of which each claimant was a client, pursuant to CPR 24.2.

Child

KJC v GRC [2019] EWHC 3170 (Fam), [2019] All ER (D) 199 (Oct)

The father’s application for the summary return of two children to the US, where they were habitually resident and had lived their entire lives, succeeded. The Family Division rejected the mother’s contention that, after she had left the US, the father had acquiesced in her

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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