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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

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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