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Weekly law digests

20 September 2018
Issue: 7809 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

Autogas (Europe) Ltd (in liquidation) v Ochocki and others [2018] EWHC 2345 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 21 (Sep)

A claim made by the claimant company, which was in liquidation, against the defendants failed, in a dispute concerning alleged dishonest assistance in the commission of a fraud. The Chancery Division held that, on the evidence, none of the defendants gave the general impression of having been dishonest.

Costs

London Borough of Lambeth v MCS and another [2018] EWCOP 20, [2018] All ER (D) 18 (Sep)

The circumstances of the case were so poor and so extreme (both in relation to institution of proceedings and their subsequent conduct) that an order for the costs of the proceedings should be borne by the applicant and second respondent. The Court of Protection so ruled, despite the fact that proceedings brought in the Court of Protection almost never attracted an enquiry into the issue of costs.

Elections

R (on the application of the Good Law Project) v Electoral Commission [2018] EWHC 2414 (Admin), [2018] All ER (D)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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