header-logo header-logo

11 October 2018
Issue: 7812 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
printer mail-detail

Weekly law digests

Confidential information

Seatreiver International Holdings Ltd v Daly and others [2018] EWHC 2424 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 49 (Sep)

The claimants had made out a case for the grant of a limited springboard injunction, and a springboard injunction lasting for 12 months was a proper and proportionate order to make. However, the Chancery Division, held that it would be disproportionate to make an order which extended to all of the persons identified by the claimants and limited it to the claimants’ eight most significant customers.

Contempt of court

Vik v Deutsche Bank AG [2018] EWCA Civ 2011, [2018] All ER (D) 43 (Sep)

The respondent had not been confined to proceeding by way of CPR 71.8 in respect of the appellant judgment debtor’s (alleged) breaches of an orders to obtain information, under CPR Pt 71, and it had been entitled to invoke the CPR Pt 81 procedure, with its extraterritorial reach undisputed. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the appellant’s appeal, further held that the committal application had been incidental to the CPR Pt 71 order and the respondent did not require

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

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
back-to-top-scroll