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Weekly law digests

26 September 2019
Issue: 7857 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Bank

Nicoll v Promontoria (Ram 2) Ltd [2019] EWHC 2410 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 37 (Sep)

The appellant debtor failed in his appeal against the dismissal of his application to dismiss a statutory demand. The Chancery Division held that there had been sufficient evidence to enable the respondent (Promontoria), the assignee of a debt owed by the debtor to a bank, to establish, beyond the balance of probabilities, that the relevant date of assignment had been reached, or that the parties to the assignment had at least treated it as having been reached. The court held that, where the terms of the notice of the assignment, which had emanated from both assignor and assignee, had made it clear that the parties to the assignment had considered it to have been complete, the debtor was not entitled to challenge the title of Promontoria. The evidence before the judge had been sufficient to justify her overall conclusion. The court further allowed Promontoria’s cross-appeal on a procedural point.

Company

Re Syncreon Group BV and another company [2019]

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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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