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Law digests: 11 August 2023

11 August 2023
Issue: 8037 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Competition

Evans v Barclays Bank PLC and others [2023] EWCA Civ 876, [2023] All ER (D) 138 (Jul)

The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowing the appeal, held that the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) had erred in certifying the instant cartel claims on an opt-in basis because the two factors of relevance to the decision were the strength of the claim and practicability, and on those two factors the CAT erred and, accordingly, the order was set aside to the extent that it made an order for opt-in proceedings.


Costs

Chapman v Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1871 (KB), [2023] All ER (D) 121 (Jul)

The King’s Bench Division ruled on the costs that arose from the claimant’s successful claim for clinical negligence against a hospital. The claimant contended that the defendant should have paid her costs of the claim, in which the defendant argued that there should have been no order for costs, or alternatively, they should only have been ordered to pay a percentage of

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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