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Law digests: 11 June 2021

11 June 2021
Issue: 7936 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Asylum

Laci v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 769, [2021] All ER (D) 82 (May)

The appellant appealed a decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that had held that the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) had erred in allowing his appeal from a decision by the respondent Secretary of State to deprive him of his British citizenship. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowing the appeal, held that the upper tribunal, in finding that there had been an error of law, had based its decision on a misreading of the FTT’s decision.


Company

Re Hurricane Energy plc [2021] EWHC 1418 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 83 (May)

Following Hurricane Energy plc’s application to convene a meeting of its creditors to consider a plan of reorganisation, under Pt 26A of the Companies Act 2006, the Chancery Division ordered that two meetings be convened: a meeting of the holders of unsecured bonds with a face value of $230m, and a meeting of the company’s shareholders.


Contempt of court

Her

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

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Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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