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Weekly law digests

19 January 2018
Issue: 7777 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Civil legal aid

R (on the application of Tirkey) v Director of Legal Aid Casework and another [2017] EWHC 3403 (Admin) [2018] All ER (D) 18 (Jan)

The statutory charge exercised by the Legal Aid Agency against the claimant over the amount recovered in employment tribunal proceedings was not rendered unlawful by the European Convention on Human Rights or EU law and her claim for judicial review had to fail. The Administrative Court held that the circumstances in which she failed to receive any of the award did not provide any basis for concluding that the exception to the statutory charge arose.

Company—Injunction

China Town Development Company Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2017] EWHC 3347 (Ch) [2018] All ER (D) 22 (Jan)

The defendant local authority was restrained from presenting a winding-up petition in respect of the claimant company concerning sums referred to in a statutory demand where there was a genuine dispute on substantial grounds concerning the true construction of a lease, in respect of which the dispute giving rise to the statutory demand

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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
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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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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