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Law digests: 1 & 8 January 2021

08 January 2021
Issue: 7915 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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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 UK.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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