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18 June 2021
Issue: 7937 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 18 June 2021

Contract

MDW Holdings Ltd v Norvill and others [2021] EWHC 1135 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 09 (Jun)

The claimant claimed that the defendants had been in breach of warranties in a share purchase agreement for the purchase of a waste management company by failing to disclose that the company had not complied with necessary regulatory requirements. The Chancery Division, allowing the claim in part, held that, while the defendants had been liable for certain aspects of the claim, the claimant had failed to established other grounds and that damages would be awarded accordingly.


Data protection

R (on the application of Open Rights Group and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Liberty and another intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 800, [2021] All ER (D) 01 (Jun)

The appellants appealed a decision that the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018, called the Immigration Exemption, which provided that the GDPR did not apply to personal data processed for the purposes of maintaining effective immigration, was not unlawful.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

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A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
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The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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