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11 December 2019
Issue: 7868 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Arbitration

Minister of Finance (Inc) and another company v International Petroleum Investment Co and another company [2019] EWCA Civ 2080, [2019] All ER (D) 185 (Nov)

The judge had erred in his approach to: (i) the issue of staying the claimants’ application under ss 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 challenging an award made in first arbitration proceedings between the parties; and (ii) his refusal to grant an injunction to restrain the pursuit of second arbitration proceedings commenced by the defendants. Consequently, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowing the claimants’ appeal, lifted the stay and granted an injunction preventing the pursuit by the defendants of the second arbitration proceedings.

Broadcasting

R (on the application of Liberal Democrats and another) v ITV Broadcasting Ltd [2019] EWHC 3282 (Admin), [2019] All ER (D) 02 (Dec)

Neither of the claims for judicial review of ITV’s decision to schedule a televised debate between the leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Labour Party brought by the Liberal Democrats and the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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