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Law digests: 6 August 2021

06 August 2021
Issue: 7944 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Arbitration

Manchester City Football Club Ltd v Football Association Premier League Ltd and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1110, [2021] All ER (D) 93 (Jul)

The appellant Premier League football club appealed a decision that a judgment in arbitration proceedings with the respondent company, whose shareholders were the clubs playing in the Premier League, should be publicised. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissing the appeal, held that the judge had made the correct evaluative assessment in ordering the publication of the judgment, which would not have led to the disclosure of significant confidential information.


Contract

Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32, [2021] All ER (D) 87 (Jul)

The appellant law firm (YLL) succeeded in its appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, by which the Court of Appeal had discharged the injunction that had been granted against the first respondent limited liability company (HSLLP), which carried on the business of solicitors, preventing it from acting for its own separate group

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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