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Weekly law digests

22 March 2019
Issue: 7833 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Re Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd; Crumpler and another (joint liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd) v Candey Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 345, [2019] All ER (D) 48 (Mar)

The appellant liquidators’ appeal succeeded, in a dispute concerning the valuation of sums owed to the respondent solicitors following the liquidation of a company for which the solicitors had carried out work. The Court of Appeal held that the judge’s approach to the construction of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) and its application to the present case could not stand. The whole concept of provision of services in return for a fixed fee had to be disregarded in the present case, because such a concept was incompatible with the exercise which IA 1986 s 245(6) required to be performed.

Contract

Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd and another [2019] EWCA Civ 335, [2019] All ER (D) 58 (Mar)

The judge had taken into account matters that he should not have taken into account in applying the relevant

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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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