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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

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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, 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
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
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
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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