Contract
Minera Las Bambas SA and another v Glencore Queensland Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 1658 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 26 (Jul)
In a claim arising out of a tax indemnity in a share purchase agreement and a deed of warranty, the Commercial Court held, among other things, that, on the true construction of the agreements, the defendants (the sellers and guarantor) would only be liable to indemnify the claimant purchasers concerning tax assessments made by the Peruvian tax authority if and to the extent that the Peruvian tax court determined that the relevant tax claimed by the authority was payable, and such debt became coercively enforceable in accordance with the Tax Code.
Data protection
DB v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1497, [2018] All ER (D) 21 (Jul)
There was no presumption under s 7(4) of the Data Protection Act 1988 in favour of a person who had not consented to or who had objected to disclosure pursuant to a subject access request in a mixed data case, as against a person requesting disclosure. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division held
