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Law digests: 28 May 2021

28 May 2021
Issue: 7934 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Agent

NatWest Markets plc and another v Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others [2021] EWCA Civ 680, [2021] All ER (D) 45 (May)

The claimant companies’ claim for dishonest assistance and knowing participation in fraudulent trading succeeded at first instance against both defendants. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the claimants’ appeal in relation to the finding of their dishonest assistance in the fraudulent trading, and ordered a retrial of the issue. It upheld a finding that the case was an example for the imposition of dual vicarious liability, and that both defendants would be vicariously liable for any dishonesty of the traders determined at the retrial.


Damages

Balogh and others v Hick Lane Bedding Ltd [2021] EWHC 1140 (QB), [2021] All ER (D) 132 (Mar)

In circumstances where the claimant Hungarian nationals had been the victims of modern slavery, and where judgment in default had been granted in their favour in respect of their civil claims against the defendant company (their former employer), the Queen’s Bench Division gave

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

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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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