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Weekly law digests

26 September 2019
Issue: 7857 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Bank

Nicoll v Promontoria (Ram 2) Ltd [2019] EWHC 2410 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 37 (Sep)

The appellant debtor failed in his appeal against the dismissal of his application to dismiss a statutory demand. The Chancery Division held that there had been sufficient evidence to enable the respondent (Promontoria), the assignee of a debt owed by the debtor to a bank, to establish, beyond the balance of probabilities, that the relevant date of assignment had been reached, or that the parties to the assignment had at least treated it as having been reached. The court held that, where the terms of the notice of the assignment, which had emanated from both assignor and assignee, had made it clear that the parties to the assignment had considered it to have been complete, the debtor was not entitled to challenge the title of Promontoria. The evidence before the judge had been sufficient to justify her overall conclusion. The court further allowed Promontoria’s cross-appeal on a procedural point.

Company

Re Syncreon Group BV and another company [2019] EWHC 2412 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 38 (Sep)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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