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11 October 2018
Issue: 7812 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

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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

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

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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