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Weekly law digests

13 April 2018
Issue: 7788 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Accountant

R (on the application of Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 446 (Admin) [2018] All ER (D) 178 (Mar)

Publication of the third defendant tribunal’s full report, finding the interested parties guilty of misconduct and also making unqualified findings of serious wrongdoings by the claimant, would not be unfair or unlawful. The Administrative Court, in dismissing the claimant’s application for judicial review, further held that fairness had required that the tribunal should have considered including a disclaimer, but that any interference with the claimant’s rights under Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights would be justified.

Arbitration

SEA2011 Inc v ICT Ltd [2018] EWHC 520 (Comm) [2018] All ER (D) 174 (Mar)

The Technology and Construction Court dismissed the claimant company’s challenge to an arbitrator’s jurisdiction, under s 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The jurisdictional challenge related to an arbitration which the defendant company had brought against the claimant, pursuant to an arbitration agreement in a sales agency agreement. The claimant submitted that the defendant was

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Excello Law—five appointments

Excello Law—five appointments

Fee-share firm expands across key practice areas with senior appointments

Irwin Mitchell—Grace Morahan

Irwin Mitchell—Grace Morahan

International divorce team welcomes new hire

Switalskis—14 trainee solicitors

Switalskis—14 trainee solicitors

Firm welcomes largest training cohort in its history

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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