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Law digests: 6 August 2021

06 August 2021
Issue: 7944 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Arbitration

Manchester City Football Club Ltd v Football Association Premier League Ltd and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1110, [2021] All ER (D) 93 (Jul)

The appellant Premier League football club appealed a decision that a judgment in arbitration proceedings with the respondent company, whose shareholders were the clubs playing in the Premier League, should be publicised. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissing the appeal, held that the judge had made the correct evaluative assessment in ordering the publication of the judgment, which would not have led to the disclosure of significant confidential information.


Contract

Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32, [2021] All ER (D) 87 (Jul)

The appellant law firm (YLL) succeeded in its appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, by which the Court of Appeal had discharged the injunction that had been granted against the first respondent limited liability company (HSLLP), which carried on the business of solicitors, preventing it from acting for its own separate group

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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