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Weekly law digests

24 January 2019
Issue: 7825 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Criminal law

Gerber v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2018] EWHC 3549 (QB), [2019] All ER (D) 52 (Jan)

The claimant’s appeal against a decision to dismiss his claim for assault and false imprisonment against the defendant was dismissed. The Queen’s Bench Division found that the judge had not erred in law in deciding there were no disputed issues of fact that the jury was required to determine and in discharging the jury without them having returned a verdict, nor in dismissing the claimant’s claim in favour of the defendant in the circumstances.

Employment

Hyperama plc v Poulis and another [2018] EWHC 3483 (QB), [2019] All ER (D) 53 (Jan)

The claimant succeeded in its application for injunctive relief against the defendants, requiring them to deliver up various property on their doorsteps. The Queen’s Bench Division held that the relief sought was justified in the circumstances, as the potential damage to the claimants could be very serious; there was clear evidence that the defendants had electronic copies of a substantial amount of the

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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