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March 22 2024
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Quantum Advisory Limited wins appeal in dispute over entitlement to an order for
rectification
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In its decision in Quantum Advisory Limited v Quantum Actuarial Limited ([2024] EWCA
Civ 247) handed down on 14 March 2024, the Court of Appeal (Newey, Nugee LJJ
and Sir
Christopher Floyd) unanimously allowed the appeal... |
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March 19 2024
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Thomas Sharpe KC article on Special Administration within the water industry
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Thomas Sharpe KC has written an article for The Financial Times on recent secondary
legislation in the water industry that facilitates Ofwat or the government placing
companies into Special Administration - not merely for insolvency... |
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March 18 2024
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Silks Day 2024
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Congratulations to Nicholas Sloboda KC following today's Silk ceremony at
Westminster Hall...
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March 15 2024
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First Quincecare case post-Philipp focuses on banks’ retrieval duty to customers and
non-customers
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The duty of banks to seek to trace and retrieve funds following an authorised push
payment fraud has come under scrutiny
in the first decision to consider the remnants of
the so-called Quincecare duty after Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc... |
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March 14 2024
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Deutsche Bank prevails in Court of Appeal battle over limitation period for interest on
judgment debts
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The Court of Appeal has for the first time considered the nature of the limitation
period for recovery of interest on judgment debts under section 24(2)
of the Limitation Act 1980 and its application to costs orders subject to detailed
assessment.... |
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February 28 2024
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The ranking of statutory interest on subordinated debt
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In a judgment handed down on 29 November 2023, Hildyard J clarified an
important question as to the relative ranking of statutory interest on subordinated debt
in an insolvency. The issue arose from an application for directions by the joint...
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February 16 2024
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CAT certifies £3bn collective proceedings against Facebook
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In a Judgment handed down on 15 February 2024, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has found
that collective proceedings brought by Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen against Meta alleging
abuses of dominance should be certified... |
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February 14 2024
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Article on Roberts v SSAFA and the governing law of contribution claims
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Veena Srirangam has written an article published in the Journal of Private International
Law on the governing law of contribution claims. The article considers the Supreme
Court’s decision in Roberts v SSAFA [2022] UKSC 29... |
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February 09 2024
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Appeal over cancer drug royalties succeeds
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The Court of Appeal has today unanimously allowed an appeal by Tesaro, Inc., a
subsidiary of GSK, in a dispute with AstraZeneca.
The dispute was one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2022. Several hundred million
dollars were at stake... |
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February 07 2024
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Commercial Court considers meaning of an obligation to “act reasonably”
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Following a 5 week trial in late 2023, the Commercial Court has today dismissed claims
that the African banking group Atlas Mara Limited acted unreasonably following its
purchase of Finance Bank Zambia, one of the biggest banks in Zambia... |
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January 29 2024
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Court of Appeal delivers important decision on privilege
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The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment addressing a number of points
of principle regarding the scope of legal professional privilege: Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP
& Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 28. The judgment arises out of a claim...
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