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08 December 2017
Issue: 7773 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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R (on the application of SD) v Chief Constable Of North Yorkshire and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1838, [2017] All ER (D) 169 (Nov)

The defendant, the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police and the judge had both erred in the way they had balanced the interests of children, a vulnerable group, against the right of the claimant in failing to have regard to a relevant consideration. The Court of Appeal Civil Division allowed the claimant’s app eal and quashing the entry in the enhanced criminal records certificate in relation to the claimant.

European Community

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Visa Europe Services LLC and others [2017] EWHC 3047 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 17 (Dec)

The defendants’ (together, Visa’s) multilateral interchange fee for Visa payment card transactions in the UK did not restrict competition within the meaning of art 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Commercial Court so held in dismissing a claim brought by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets for a declaration

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

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Freeths—Richard Lockhart

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Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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