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17 October 2019
Issue: 7860 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Conflict of laws

SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd[2019] EWHC 2496 (Comm), [2019] All ER (D) 27 (Oct)

The Commercial Court determined issues regarding appropriation in circumstances where a judgment of the court of the United States was not enforceable on the grounds that it was contrary to the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980.

Contract

Sports Mantra India Private Ltd and another v Force India Formula One Team Ltd (in liquidation) [2019] EWHC 2514 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 08 (Oct)

The defendant company's application to strike out the claim against it succeeded, in a dispute concerning an agency agreement between the parties, which were involved in the promotion of a Formula One racing team. Among other things, the agreement to purchase shares in the defendant's parent company had not been a sponsorship agreement.

European Union

Raqeeb (by her litigation friend) v Barts NHS Foundation Trust; Barts NHS Foundation Trust v Begum and others [2019] EWHC 2531 (Admin), [2019] All ER (D) 20 (Oct)

Although the NHS trust had

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