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Weekly law digests

09 February 2018
Issue: 7780 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Agricultural holding

Smyth-Tyrrell and another v Bowden [2018] EWHC 106 (Ch) [2018] All ER (D) 22 (Feb)

The claimants’ claim, in which they sought declarations regarding a portion of land in Cornwall, failed. The Chancery Division held that the claimants had possessed neither a tenancy under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, nor a business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Pt II. The claimants were not entitled to an interest in the land via the doctrine of proprietary estoppel.

Bank

Singularis Holdings Ltd (in official liquidation) (a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 84 [2018] All ER (D) 10 (Feb)

A company in liquidation, Singularis Holdings Ltd, had successfully brought a claim, alleging negligence and breach of contract, against an investment bank, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd (Daiwa), to recover sums which Daiwa had paid from its client account to other companies at the instigation of Singularis’s sole shareholder and director. The Financial List, in dismissing Daiwa’s appeal, held, among other things, that

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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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