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08 January 2021
Issue: 7915 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 1 & 8 January 2021

Contract

Joanne Properties Ltd v Moneything Capital Ltd and another [2020] EWCA Civ 1541, [2020] All ER (D) 44 (Dec)

In allowing the appellant’s appeal, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, found that, because negotiations between the parties had taken place ‘subject to contract’, no binding agreement had been made between the parties which could have then been enforced against the appellant. Where negotiations had been carried out ‘subject to contract’, there had to have been a formal contract, or a clear factual basis for inferring that the parties had intended to expunge the ‘subject to contract’ qualification, for there to have been a binding agreement. In the present case, there had been neither.


Extradition

Nika v Douai County Court, France [2020] EWHC 3335 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 38 (Dec)

The appellant unsuccessfully appealed against his extradition to France to serve a sentence of five years’ imprisonment for the facilitation of illegal entrants as part of a gang which had organised illegal entry from France to the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

NEWS
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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