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Weekly law digests

15 June 2018
Issue: 7797 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Contempt of court

Aviva Insurance Ltd v Nazir and another [2018] EWHC 1296 (QB), [2018] All ER (D) 03 (Jun)

CCTV evidence from police pursing other enquires adjacent to the accident location was convincing evidence of a staged accident. Accordingly, the Queen’s Bench Division, on the claimant insurer’s application, held that the defendants were in contempt of court, as they had both known they had been involving themselves in a staged accident and had to have known that, following that, they would make a claim which was dishonest.

Family proceedings

Medway Council v Root [2018] EWHC 1299 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 153 (May)

In addition to three conceded breaches of a court order prohibiting the mother from making any publication of court papers in all of the public law proceedings relating to her children or from publishing any details relating to those proceedings, a further breach had been established. Accordingly, the Family Division sentenced the mother to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for a period of 12 months.

Income tax

Leekes Ltd v Revenue

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

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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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