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Law digests: 2 October 2020

30 September 2020
Issue: 7904 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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WV v Landkreis Harburg C-540/19, [2020] All ER (D) 38 (Sep)

A public body which sought to recover, by way of an action for recovery, sums paid in place of maintenance to a maintenance creditor, and to which the claims of that maintenance creditor against the maintenance debtor had been transferred by way of subrogation, could validly invoke the jurisdiction of the court for the place where the creditor was habitually resident, as provided in Art 3(b) of Regulation (EC) No 4/2009. The Court of Justice of the European Union (Third Chamber) so held in proceedings concerning the payment of a maintenance claim to the applicant’s mother, who was resident in Germany and whose rights had been transferred by way of statutory subrogation to the respondent body.


Building contract

John Doyle Construction Ltd (in liquidation) v Erith Contractors Ltd [2020] EWHC 2451 (TCC), [2020] All ER (D) 45 (Sep)

The claimant company’s application for summary judgment of an adjudication decision was refused. In dismissing the application, the Technology and Construction

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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