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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

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Firm announces appointment of next chair

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Director joins corporate team from the US

NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection? 
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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