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18 June 2021
Issue: 7937 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 18 June 2021

Contract

MDW Holdings Ltd v Norvill and others [2021] EWHC 1135 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 09 (Jun)

The claimant claimed that the defendants had been in breach of warranties in a share purchase agreement for the purchase of a waste management company by failing to disclose that the company had not complied with necessary regulatory requirements. The Chancery Division, allowing the claim in part, held that, while the defendants had been liable for certain aspects of the claim, the claimant had failed to established other grounds and that damages would be awarded accordingly.


Data protection

R (on the application of Open Rights Group and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Liberty and another intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 800, [2021] All ER (D) 01 (Jun)

The appellants appealed a decision that the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018, called the Immigration Exemption, which provided that the GDPR did not apply to personal data processed for the purposes of maintaining effective immigration, was not unlawful. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowing the appeal,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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