Law digests: 19 March 2021

Contract

Motacus Constructions Ltd v Paolo Castelli SpA [2021] EWHC 356 (TCC), [2021] All ER (D) 33 (Mar)

The claimant company’s application for summary judgment to enforce the decision of an adjudicator in a construction dispute succeeded. The defendant company’s sole defence was that the judgment was unenforceable in the English courts. The Technology and Construction Court held that there had been no need for the British government to make any declaration in respect of construction contracts under and in accordance with art 21 of the 2005 Hague Convention, because the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision was already permitted by art 7. An application for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision was an interim measure of protection within art 7 of the convention. The court was not required to suspend or dismiss the proceedings.

European arrest warrant

Svishtov Regional Prosecutor’s Office v PI C-648/20 PPU, [2021] All ER (D) 39 (Mar)

The Advocate General’s Opinion proposed that the Court of Justice of the European Union should answer the question