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Weekly law digests

25 May 2018
Issue: 7794 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Arbitration

SCM Financial Overseas Ltd v Raga Establishment Ltd [2018] EWHC 1008 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 57 (May)

The claimant company’s challenged to an arbitration award on the ground of serious irregularity failed. The Commercial Court held that the arbitrators’ decision not to defer issue of the award until further evidence had been available, had not amounted to a breach of their duties under the Arbitration Act 1996.

Conflict of laws

KMG International NV v Chen and another [2018] EWHC 1078 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 72 (May)

The first defendant had not established that England was not an appropriate forum for the trial of a claim seeking compensation in respect of the alleged unlawful dissipation of assets owned by a Dutch company, or that the Dutch courts were clearly or distinctly more appropriate than the English courts. Accordingly, the Commercial Court dismissed the first defendant’s application for a stay of the proceedings. Further, the court dismissed the second defendant BVI company’s application to set aside permission to serve it out of the jurisdiction.

Contract

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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