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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

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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