Committal
McKay v All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Ltd and another [2020] EWCA Civ 695, [2020] All ER (D) 51 (Jun)
The appellant’s two appeals against a committal order for contempt of court would be dismissed. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that none of the grounds of appeal raised were sufficient to allow the appeals against the committal order. Although there had been certain procedural breaches, in the circumstances, they were technical breaches which had caused no unfairness or injustice to the appellant and it was therefore appropriate to waive them. As the appellant had deliberately chosen not to comply with the rules surrounding the privilege against self-incrimination, the privilege could not be relied on.
Company
Travelodge Hotels Ltd v Prime Aesthetics Ltd and other companies [2020] EWHC 1217 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 47 (Jun)
An injunction would be granted for a period of 14 days to restrain presentation of a winding-up petition against the applicant by all three of the respondent companies, as it was highly likely that the proposed legislation banning the use of statutory
