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19 July 2018
Issue: 7802 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Building contract

Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust v Three Valleys Healthcare Ltd and another [2018] EWHC 1659 (TCC), [2018] All ER (D) 54 (Jul)

The claimant NHS Foundation Trust’s application for declarations as to the validity of notices served succeeded, in a dispute concerning work carried out under an agreement at a hospital. The Technology and Construction Court made rulings as to the interpretation of the notices and held that they had been served correctly.

Company

Estera Trust (Jersey) Ltd (formerly known as Appleby Trust (Jersey) Ltd) and another v Singh and others [2018] EWHC 1715 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 49 (Jul)

A share purchase order was made against a director and shareholder of a company, and against the company. The Chancery Division so ruled on an unfair prejudice petition brought by other members of the company. The court held that the director had breached his fiduciary duties and that certain actions had been taken which had been unfairly prejudicial to the interests of other members of the company. However,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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