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20 April 2018
Issue: 7789 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Administrative law

R (on the application of Norwich Livestock Market Ltd) v Norwich City Council [2018] EWHC 648 (Admin) [2018] All ER (D) 187 (Mar)

The Administrative Court allowed a claim for judicial review, challenging a local authority’s decision to enter into a deed of surrender concerning a site in Harford in Norwich, which decision, the claimant contended, amounted to the discontinuance of the cattle market there. The court held that there had been a purported disposal, by the local authority, of all property interest in the site, from which the claimant livestock auctioneer operated, contrary to s 4(2) of the Norwich City Council Act 1984.

Building contract

R.G. Carter Building Ltd v Kier Business Services Ltd (formerly Mouchel Business Services Ltd) [2018] EWHC 729 (TCC) [2018] All ER (D) 12 (Apr)

On the proper construction of s 10(4) of the Limitation Act 1980, the time for bringing a claim to recover a contribution under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 only started to run from the date of a ‘binding’ agreement as to the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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