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Weekly law digests

29 November 2018
Issue: 7819 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Building contract

S&T(UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2448, [2018] All ER (D) 84 (Nov)

In a payment dispute relating to a JCT design and build contract 2011, the judge had not erred in holding, among other things, that the respondent employer’s purported pay less notice complied with contractual requirements. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the appellant contractor’s appeal. The court also gave guidance on whether an employer was entitled to pursue a claim in adjudication to determine the correct value of the works on the date of an interim application, notwithstanding that there was no valid pay less notice.

Children & young persons

Hertfordshire County Council v T and others [2018] EWHC 2796 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 156 (Aug)

The applicant local authority was successful in its application for full care orders in respect of both of the respondent mother’s children who had suffered physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of both parents. The Family Division held that the threshold criteria pursuant

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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
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
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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