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11 March 2020
Issue: 7878 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 13 March 2020

Contract

Filatona Trading Ltd and another v Navigator Equities Ltd and others; Danilina v Chernukhin and others [2020] EWCA Civ 109, [2020] All ER (D) 41 (Feb)

The judge had been correct to find that an individual was an identified and disclosed principal party to a shareholder agreement and, accordingly, entitled to exercise contractual rights under the agreement. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that the parties to the agreement had not been unequivocally and exhaustively defined and the judge had been correct to have concluded that the individual and not his nominee was a party to the agreement.

Costs

Butler v Bankside Commercial Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 203, [2020] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

The judge had correctly decided that the term at issue in the conditional fee agreement (CFA) entered into between the appellant and the respondent solicitors’ company had triggered the appellant’s liability to pay the sums claimed by the respondent following the appellant’s rejection of the respondent’s opinion, which had led the respondent to end the CFA. In

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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

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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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