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03 October 2019
Issue: 7858 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Contract

NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) v Vasant (trading as MK Vasant & Associates) and others [2019] EWCA Civ 1245, [2019] All ER (D) 190 (Jul)

The defendant, NHS England, was not entitled to terminate contractual arrangements under which the claimant dentists supplied an intermediate minor oral surgery service to the NHS. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the NHS’s appeal, held that the NHS had varied its agreement with the dentists so as to incorporate that service within its general dental services contract with them, under which the NHS was not entitled to terminate the contract in the absence of any default by the dentists.

Elections

R (on the application of the Good Law Project) v Electoral Commission [2019] EWCA Civ 1567, [2019] All ER (D) 48 (Sep)

The correct interpretation of the legislation read as a whole was that a donation to a permitted participant could not also be an expense incurred by the donor and the Divisional Court’s interpretation was wrong. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the defendant Electoral Commission’s appeal against the Divisional Court’s

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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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