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Weekly law digests

25 July 2019
Issue: 7850 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Costs

Ardawa v Uppal and another [2019] EWHC 1663 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 84 (Jul)

The Chancery Division considered the issue of costs after the appellant trustee made a largely unsuccessful application in bankruptcy proceedings. It held that, among other things, it could summarily assess the costs in the case. The first respondent petitioning creditor would have the costs she could recover reduced, to take into account her conduct and certain aspects of her claim. The fact that the second respondent trustee’s costs of legal proceedings were payable out of the estate determined the source from which the fund would come. It did not remove the normal role of the court regarding the costs of legal proceedings conducted before it.

Disclosure & inspection of documents

Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) v SMA Investment Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the Marshall Islands) and others [2019] EWHC 1754 (Comm), [2019] All ER (D) 66 (Jul)

The applicant company’s application for a declaration that it was entitled to disclose certain documents in its

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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
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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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