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Weekly law digests

13 February 2019
Issue: 7828 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Building contract

Ferns and another v West and others [2019] EWHC 141 (TCC), [2019] All ER (D) 17 (Feb)

The point advanced by the defendants, that the adjudication itself and the decision had proceeded against an incorrectly named party, was not only wholly unmeritorious, but was in fact a bad point. Accordingly, the Technology and Construction Court allowed the claimants’ application for summary judgment of an adjudication award.

Children & young persons

R (on the application of AB (by his mother and litigation friend)) v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2019] EWCA Civ 9, [2019] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

There was no bright line rule that prolonged solitary confinement lasting more than 15 days, in itself, breached Art 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights or any presumption to that effect. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the claimant’s appeal against the judge’s decision that there was no breach of his Art 3 rights and the Secretary of State’s cross-appeal against his decision

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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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