This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 19th December 2022 – UKSCBlog

On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One:

  • Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 535. The Court was asked to consider whether an insolvent company suffers any loss if payments are made out of its bank accounts which discharge a debt owed by that company in an equivalent amount.
  • Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)), on appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 26. The

Candey Ltd v Crumpler and one other (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Accommodations and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Weblog

Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Accommodations & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and numerous different issues. One such matter was an motion within the Excessive Court docket in London, known as “the London Litigation”.

On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into a set charge settlement (the “FFA”) with the appellant, underneath which the appellant agreed to proceed to behave for PHRL in return for a set charge (the “Mounted Payment”). Cost of the Mounted Payment was deferred till the handing down of judgment on legal responsibility

Florida Missing Child Alert activated for Jacksonville teenager who disappeared Sunday.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is searching for 16-year-old Jonae Elizabeth Seaborn who police say is a

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for 16-year-old Jonae Elizabeth Seaborn who police say is a “missing endangered teen.” She disappeared under suspicious circumstances Sunday, July 23 from North Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has activated a statewide Missing Child Alert for a 16-year-old Jacksonville girl who police were searching for Sunday saying she was a “missing endangered teen.”

Jonae Elizabeth Seaborn might be with 33-year-old Georges Jerome and they may be traveling in a red sport utility vehicle, according to FDLE and the Sheriff’s Office.

FDLE also released an updated photo of Seaborn,

Florida’s new Black history curriculum cites “personal benefits” of slavery

Florida’s 2023 Social Studies curriculum will include lessons on how “slaves developed skills” that could be used for “personal benefit,” according to a copy of the state’s academic standards reviewed by CBS News.

The lessons in question fall under the social studies curriculum’s African-American studies section, and be taught to students in sixth through eighth grade, according to the state standards.

The lessons for that grade level will include teachings on understanding the “causes, courses and consequences of the slave trade in the colonies,” and instruction on the differences and similarities between serfdom and slavery, the curriculum says. Students will

Michigan Supreme Court Upholds UCC Statute of Frauds Rule Requiring Quantity Terms To Be In Writing

The Michigan Supreme Court issued an Opinion on July 11, 2023 in MSSC, Inc. v. Airboss Flexible Products Co., reversing a Court of Appeals opinion holding that blanket purchase orders were enforceable under the UCC Statute of Frauds.

In short, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld the longstanding Statute of Frauds rule that contracts must contain a written quantity of terms to be binding, including its conclusions that:

  1. The parties’ blanket purchase order, terms and conditions, and other writings lacked a written quantity term.
  2. The term, “blanket,” does not constitute a quantity term within the meaning of the Statute of Frauds,

STX INVESTOR NEWS: ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Seagate Technology Holdings plc Investors with Losses to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in

NEW YORK, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —

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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) between September 15, 2020 and October 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move to Court no later than Sept. 8, 2023.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Seagate common stock during the Class Period, you may be entitled

ILPC Annual Lecture 2023 – Information Law & Policy Centre

The ILPC is honored to announce that Robert Spanoformer President of the European Court of Human Rights, will deliver the ILPC Annual Lecture 2023.

Mr Spano is a Partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a tenured Professor of Law, University of Iceland. Mr Spano is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple and has published extensively in the areas of international dispute resolution, public international law, digital rights, and human rights law. During his time at the Strasbourg Court, he took

Legal firework sales, launches in Cowlitz begin Wednesday

Fourth of July firework sales and launches can begin at noon Wednesday in Washington state, including in Longview and Kelso.

Permitted fireworks stands can begin making sales at that time and operate until 9 pm on July 5. The Longview Fire Department says licensed stands are the best source for fireworks that are legal in Washington.

In Longview, residents can legally set off fireworks between noon and 11 pm on Wednesday; from 9 am to 11 pm from Thursday through July 3; from 9 am to midnight on July 4; and from 9 am to 11 pm on July 5.