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Weekly law digests

11 October 2018
Issue: 7812 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Seatreiver International Holdings Ltd v Daly and others [2018] EWHC 2424 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 49 (Sep)

The claimants had made out a case for the grant of a limited springboard injunction, and a springboard injunction lasting for 12 months was a proper and proportionate order to make. However, the Chancery Division, held that it would be disproportionate to make an order which extended to all of the persons identified by the claimants and limited it to the claimants’ eight most significant customers.

Contempt of court

Vik v Deutsche Bank AG [2018] EWCA Civ 2011, [2018] All ER (D) 43 (Sep)

The respondent had not been confined to proceeding by way of CPR 71.8 in respect of the appellant judgment debtor’s (alleged) breaches of an orders to obtain information, under CPR Pt 71, and it had been entitled to invoke the CPR Pt 81 procedure, with its extraterritorial reach undisputed. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the appellant’s appeal, further held that the committal application had been incidental to

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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