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Weekly law digests

31 January 2019
Issue: 7826 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Abduction

MG v JH [2018] EWHC 3477 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 171 (Nov)

The Family Division adjourned the mother’s application for permission to take the child on holiday to Mexico until the final hearing in the matter in July 2019, to allow for further evidence. The court found that as the mother had previously wrongfully retained the child in Mexico there was a risk of non-return if the child were to return to Mexico. In any event, further evidence was required, particularly from a CAFCASS guardian, before a decision could be made.

Conflict of laws

PJSC Commercial Bank PrivatBank v Kolomoisky and others [2018] EWHC 3308 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 74 (Jan)

Various orders were made concerning the claimant Ukrainian bank’s fraud claim for over US$1bn against various defendants. Among other things, the Chancery Division allowed the English defendants’ application to set aside freezing orders made in earlier proceedings, and stayed the bank’s claim against them. Further, the court set aside service of the claim form on the BVI defendants and freezing

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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