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Weekly law digests

29 May 2019
Issue: 7842 / Categories: ln court , Law digest
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Company

Re Sturgeon Central Asia Balanced Fund Ltd (in liquidation) [2019] EWHC 1215 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 96 (May)

The applicant provisional liquidators’ application for recognition in Great Britain of a company’s liquidation as a ‘foreign main proceeding’ under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1030) succeeded. The Chancery Division held that s 161 of the Bermuda Companies Act 1981 could fairly be described as a ‘law relating to insolvency’, as per Art 2(g) of the UNICTRAL model law. It was clearly right that a winding up on just and equitable grounds could qualify for recognition in circumstances where the entity was insolvent.

Contract

116 Cardamon Ltd v MacAlister and another [2019] EWHC 1200 (Comm), [2019] All ER (D) 97 (May)

The claimant company’s claim succeeded, in part, in a dispute concerning the valuation of a company that it had acquired through a share purchase agreement. The Commercial Court held that there had been breaches of warranty regarding certain of the company’s accounts. Among other things, the accounts had underrated the company’s liability

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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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