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Weekly law digests

15 November 2018
Issue: 7817 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Administration

Wagner v White [2018] EWHC 2882 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 16 (Nov)

The appellant failed in respect of his appeals against the dismissal of his application to set aside two statutory demands that were based on personal guarantees he had given concerning loans made to his company (the company), which eventually went into administration. Among other things, the Chancery Division held that there was no genuine triable issue that the respondent, concerned with one of the statutory demands, had caused the company to go into administration, as alleged, and no realistic prospect of the appellant establishing that he had.

Confidential information

ABC and others v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2329, [2018] All ER (D) 14 (Nov)

The judge had erred in refusing the interim injunction sought by the claimant companies and senior executive, relating to the defendant newspaper’s intention to publish confidential information connected with allegations of discreditable conduct by the senior executive that had been compromised by settlement agreements with five employees. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division,

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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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