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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

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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