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12 September 2019
Issue: 7855 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Building contract

Nua Facades Ltd and other companies v Brady (trading as Terry Brady Developments Ltd) [2019] EWHC 2184 (TCC), [2019] All ER (D) 06 (Sep)

The claimants’ claim regarding sums allegedly payable arising out of a construction dispute succeeded. The court held that, among other things, the evidence did not give rise to the suspicion of impropriety or provide evidence of the improper understanding or agreement on which the defendant relied.

Contract

Volumatic Ltd v Ideas for Life Ltd [2019] EWHC 2273 (IPEC), [2019] All ER (D) 01 (Sep)

The claimant’s action seeking specific performance of an alleged agreement between it and the defendant was dismissed on the grounds that there had been no binding agreement between the parties. The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court held that there had been no intention to create legal relations and therefore no binding contract.

Family proceedings

Moher v Moher [2019] EWCA Civ 1482, [2019] All ER (D) 99 (Aug)

The appellant husband’s core contention, that a judge was required to evaluate the scale of the undisclosed

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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