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Law digests: 21 July 2023

21 July 2023
Issue: 8034 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Arbitration

Global Aerospares Ltd v Airest AS [2023] EWHC 1430 (Comm), [2023] All ER (D) 25 (Jul)

The Business and Property Courts, dismissing the claim for directions that the court name an arbitrator pursuant to s 18 of the Arbitration Act 1996, which provided for the court to give directions where there was a failure of the procedure for the appointment of the arbitral tribunal, held that the claimant had not validly served a request to arbitrate so that the process for the appointment of an arbitrator had not validly begun and, accordingly, the claim was dismissed.


Contempt

Norman and another v Adler and another [2023] EWCA Civ 785, [2023] All ER (D) 33 (Jul)

The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the appellants’ appeal from a decision which had refused their application for permission to apply for an order of committal under CPR 81 against the respondent police officers. The appellants alleged that: (i) the judge had failed to have any or any adequate regard to the decision in Berry Piling

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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