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12 July 2018
Issue: 7801 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Contract

Minera Las Bambas SA and another v Glencore Queensland Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 1658 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 26 (Jul)

In a claim arising out of a tax indemnity in a share purchase agreement and a deed of warranty, the Commercial Court held, among other things, that, on the true construction of the agreements, the defendants (the sellers and guarantor) would only be liable to indemnify the claimant purchasers concerning tax assessments made by the Peruvian tax authority if and to the extent that the Peruvian tax court determined that the relevant tax claimed by the authority was payable, and such debt became coercively enforceable in accordance with the Tax Code.

Data protection

DB v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1497, [2018] All ER (D) 21 (Jul)

There was no presumption under s 7(4) of the Data Protection Act 1988 in favour of a person who had not consented to or who had objected to disclosure pursuant to a subject access request in a mixed data case, as against a person

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Real estate and construction energy offering boosted by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

NEWS
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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