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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

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers welcomes new associate

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ward Hadaway lawyer joins Birmingham Law Society Council

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons expands Chelmsford commercial litigation team with two appointments

NEWS
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Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance
Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn
A formidable reputation cannot protect a law firm when partner departures, fragile finances and client uncertainty begin feeding each other
Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track
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