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Weekly law digests

01 November 2018
Issue: 7815 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Costs

First National Trustco (UK) Ltd and another company v Page and others [2018] EWHC 899 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 148 (Apr)

The defendants’ application for relief from sanctions pursuant to CPR 3.9(1) for a failure to file their costs budget was rejected. The Chancery Division held that the defendants’ failure to comply with directions was serious and significant, had been caused by the solicitor’s misunderstanding of the effect of court documents which was not a good enough reason for the breach, and thus considering all the circumstances of the case, relief from sanctions ought not be granted.

Customs & excise

Invicta Foods Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2018] EWCA Civ 2204, [2018] All ER (D) 98 (Oct)

The respondent, Revenue and Customs Commissioners, were wrong to classify an imported raw seasoned chicken product by the appellant, Invicta, under Ch 2 of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (the system used to classify imported products for customs duty purposes and to impose a common customs tariff on imports from outside the European Union). The Court

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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
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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
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
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