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11 March 2022
Issue: 7970 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 11 March 2022

Contract

Provimi France SAS and other companies v Stour Bay Company Ltd [2022] EWHC 218 (Comm), All ER (D) 113 (Feb)

The Commercial Court dismissed the claimant’s claim in a dispute concerning the supply of animal feed. The claimant companies contended that the product supplied to it by the defendant company had been defective and claimed damages for breach of the contracts of sale. The court held that a gelatin specification had not been incorporated into the contracts of sale. However, the defendant’s standard terms and conditions had been properly incorporated into the terms of sale, which had the effect of limiting the ability of the claimants to successfully claim. Those conclusions were determinative of the claim for damages in the proceedings, which had to fail.


Employment

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWHC 201 (QB), All ER (D) 72 (Feb)

The Queen’s Bench Division allowed the claim brought by the claimants, employees and union representatives, against their employer, the defendant. The first

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

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Freeths—Richard Lockhart

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Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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