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

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 not

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
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