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Weekly law digests

22 January 2020
Issue: 7871 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Charity

HM Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 18 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 42 (Jan)

The applicant, who was a relation of the benefactor of a trust intended to combat the national debt, was entitled to continue his claim. The Chancery Division held that, while he faced significant difficulties, it would be wrong to conclude that he had no prospect of success at all. Further, there were no other legal principles that prevented the applicant from bringing his claim.

Company

Re Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd Woodside and another (joint administrators of Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd) v Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd [2019] EWHC 3499 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 194 (Nov)

Paragraph 28(2) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 gave a window of 10 full business days for the appointment of an administrator or administrators to be made following the date on which the notice of intention to appoint had been filed. The Chancery Division so held finding that the applicant joint administrators

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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