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Weekly law digests

03 January 2019
Issue: 7822 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Agreement

Pluczenik Diamond Company NV v W Nagel (a firm) [2018] EWCA Civ 2640, [2018] All ER (D) 09 (Dec)

There was no reasonable basis for the attempted challenge to the judge’s finding that the thrust of an oral agreement reached was that the defendant would retain the claimant as its broker for as long as the defendant had a sight with the third- party diamond seller. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the defendant’s appeal against the judge’s ruling that it had been in breach of contract in terminating its relationship with the claimant.

Contract

Astor Management AG (formerly known as MRI Holdings AG) and another company v Atalaya Mining plc (formerly known as EMED Mining Public Ltd) and other companies [2018] EWCA Civ 2407, [2018] All ER (D) 05 (Dec)

The correct construction of a master agreement meant that the defendants’ obligation to pay the deferred consideration in return for the purchase of the claimants’ interests in a copper mine, had not been triggered. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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