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Law digests: 12 November 2021

12 November 2021
Issue: 7956 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Costs

R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health & Social Care; Good Law Project Ltd v Bell [2021] EWHC 2783 (TCC), [2021] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

The Technology and Construction Court considered the costs of a disclosure application, brought by the claimant company not-for-profit organisation, which related to email correspondence of the respondent professor of medicine in relation to the engagement of the interested party (Abingdon) by the defendant Secretary of State. The Secretary of State had awarded certain contracts to Abingdon for the manufacture and supply of rapid COVID-19 antibody tests during the COVID-19 pandemic and the claimant had challenged those contract awards, among other things, as being contrary to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102). In a previous hearing, it had been directed that in order for the court to consider the matter fairly, an application for third-party disclosure should be made against the professor. In the present proceedings, the court held, in considering CPR Pt 46.1(3)(a), that the justice

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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