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26 July 2018
Issue: 7803 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Company

LF2 Ltd v Superstone and another [2018] EWHC 1756 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 86 (Jul)

LF2 Ltd’s appeal against a deputy judge’s dismissal of its application for an order, under para 74 of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, requiring the joint administrators of another company to assign to LF2 a cause of action that the company allegedly had in relation to a claim against its former solicitors (the Firm) was dismissed. The Companies Court held, among other things, that, while the deputy judge had been wrong to conclude on the material before him that the claim against the firm was frivolous and vexatious, it was not open to the present court to allow the appeal, having regard to the terms of LF2’s appellant’s notice. The court considered the procedure to be adopted in relation to an application under para 74, and the attitude an administrator should adopt in relation to the possibility of a claim by a company against a third party.

Divorce

Thum v Thum [2018] EWCA Civ 624, [2018] All ER (D) 118 (Jul)

The judge had not erred

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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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