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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

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
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
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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