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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

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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