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Weekly law digests

15 November 2018
Issue: 7817 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Administration

Wagner v White [2018] EWHC 2882 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 16 (Nov)

The appellant failed in respect of his appeals against the dismissal of his application to set aside two statutory demands that were based on personal guarantees he had given concerning loans made to his company (the company), which eventually went into administration. Among other things, the Chancery Division held that there was no genuine triable issue that the respondent, concerned with one of the statutory demands, had caused the company to go into administration, as alleged, and no realistic prospect of the appellant establishing that he had.

Confidential information

ABC and others v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2329, [2018] All ER (D) 14 (Nov)

The judge had erred in refusing the interim injunction sought by the claimant companies and senior executive, relating to the defendant newspaper’s intention to publish confidential information connected with allegations of discreditable conduct by the senior executive that had been compromised by settlement agreements with five employees. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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