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Law digests: 20 November 2020

18 November 2020
Issue: 7911 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Bank

Banco San Juan Internacional, Inc v Petroleos De Venezuela SA

The claimant bank’s application for summary judgment succeeded, in a case concerning sums allegedly due under two credit agreements. The Commercial Court held that, among other things, the two loan agreements had provided no basis for a suspension of the repayment obligations by the terms of the credit agreements. Further, the rule in Ralli Bros v Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar [1920] All ER Rep 427 did not make the agreements unenforceable.


Contract

Tui UK Ltd v Morgan [2020] EWHC 2944 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 56 (Nov)

The appellant travel company’s appeal failed, in proceedings where the claimant had suffered injury after falling over in a dimly-lit area on a package holiday sold by the appellant. The Chancery Division held that the judge had not erred in his findings in relation to the contractual standard of skill and care in respect of lighting the area where the accident had occurred. Further, the judge had been entitled to make

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
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