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Weekly law digests

01 December 2017
Issue: 7772 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Contract

Rocker v Full Circle Asset Management [2017] EWHC 2999 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 198 (Nov)

The defendant had acted in breach of mandate over nine monthly periods, as the actual risk profile of the claimant’s portfolio had exceeded that agreed. The Queen’s Bench Division further held that the defendant had also breached its contractual obligation to operate a stop loss policy under which it was required automatically sell any investment if that investment made a loss of 5%.

Costs—Security for costs

Premier Motorauctions Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1872, [2017] All ER (D) 197 (Nov)

After the event insurance could, in principle, be taken into account in determining an application for security of costs if it gave a defendant sufficient protection. However, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that, on the facts, the defendants did not have the assurance that the insurance had not been liable to be avoided for misrepresentation or non-disclosure and ordered the claimants to provide security of £4m.

EU—Insurance

Rodrigues

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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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