Agent
NatWest Markets plc and another v Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others [2021] EWCA Civ 680, [2021] All ER (D) 45 (May)
The claimant companies’ claim for dishonest assistance and knowing participation in fraudulent trading succeeded at first instance against both defendants. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the claimants’ appeal in relation to the finding of their dishonest assistance in the fraudulent trading, and ordered a retrial of the issue. It upheld a finding that the case was an example for the imposition of dual vicarious liability, and that both defendants would be vicariously liable for any dishonesty of the traders determined at the retrial.
Damages
Balogh and others v Hick Lane Bedding Ltd [2021] EWHC 1140 (QB), [2021] All ER (D) 132 (Mar)
In circumstances where the claimant Hungarian nationals had been the victims of modern slavery, and where judgment in default had been granted in their favour in respect of their civil claims against the defendant company (their former employer), the Queen’s Bench Division gave judgment on the assessment of damages in the three cases,
