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11 March 2020
Issue: 7878 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 13 March 2020

Contract

Filatona Trading Ltd and another v Navigator Equities Ltd and others; Danilina v Chernukhin and others [2020] EWCA Civ 109, [2020] All ER (D) 41 (Feb)

The judge had been correct to find that an individual was an identified and disclosed principal party to a shareholder agreement and, accordingly, entitled to exercise contractual rights under the agreement. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that the parties to the agreement had not been unequivocally and exhaustively defined and the judge had been correct to have concluded that the individual and not his nominee was a party to the agreement.

Costs

Butler v Bankside Commercial Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 203, [2020] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

The judge had correctly decided that the term at issue in the conditional fee agreement (CFA) entered into between the appellant and the respondent solicitors’ company had triggered the appellant’s liability to pay the sums claimed by the respondent following the appellant’s rejection of the respondent’s opinion,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team

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