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Law digests: 26 May 2023

26 May 2023
Issue: 8026 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Seneschall v Trisant Foods Ltd (in liquidation) and others [2023] EWHC 1029 (Ch), [2023] All ER (D) 27 (May)

The Chancery Division allowed the claimant’s claim that he had been the victim of a plan, concealed from him, by which the second to fifth defendants had taken control of a company from him. Further, from about June 2020, there had been an unlawful means conspiracy between the second to fifth defendants to exclude the claimant from executive participation in the company’s affairs. A counterclaim, brought by another company that had invested in the company in issue, was dismissed.


Damages

Smout v Wulfrun Hotels Ltd [2023] EWHC 1128 (KB), [2023] All ER (D) 48 (May)

The King’s Bench Division held that no authority had been put before it that abusive or unprofessional conduct by the representative of a defendant company had previously justified a tripling of the conventional interest rate (of 2%) awarded on damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity. The court ruled that interest on damages was

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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
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
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
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
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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