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Weekly law digests

06 June 2019
Issue: 7843 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Re Pantiles Investments Ltd (in liquidation); Pantiles Investments Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Winckler [2019] EWHC 1298 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 134 (May)

The respondent former director of the first applicant company in liquidation had knowingly been a party to the use of the company for the purposes of defrauding a bankrupt’s creditors and had been in breach of her duties as director. The Chancery Division, in allowing the company’s liquidator claim against the respondent, further held that ss 21 and 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 disapplied the primary limitation period in relation to a loan, whether that breach was characterised as fraudulent or negligent.

Contempt

Zurich Insurance plc v Romaine [2019] EWCA Civ 851, [2019] All ER (D) 127 (May)

The appellant insurance company’s appeal succeeded, against a decision of a judge of the High Court not to allow it to commence committal proceedings against the respondent. The respondent had issued personal injury proceedings, but had discontinued them after evidence had emerged of him having made false statements.

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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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