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Weekly law digests

18 October 2018
Issue: 7813 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Costs

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Brown; Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police v Brown (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2018] EWHC 2502 (QB), [2018] All ER (D) 50 (Oct)

The successful appellants were awarded a costs order as the ordinary rule prevailed. The Queen’s Bench Division summarily assessed the appellants’ costs of the appeal at £22,000 and gave permission to enforce, by way of set off, against cost orders from the trial and in the respondent’s favour.

Employment

Bellman (a protected party by his litigation friend) v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2214, [2018] All ER (D) 54 (Oct)

In an assault by a managing director on an employee of the company at an out of hours drinking session, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that although the drinking session was not a seamless event with the work’s Christmas party, there was sufficient connection between the managing director’s field of activity and his wrongful conduct to make it right that the defendant be held vicariously liable.

European Union

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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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