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21 July 2020
Issue: 7896 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Law digests: 24 July 2020

Company

Re The Property Group (2010) Ltd and other companies [2020] EWHC 1751 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 62 (Jul)

The claimant Competition and Markets Authority’s claim succeeded in proceedings concerning a cartel in estate and letting agency businesses. The Chancery Division held that the defendant had breached his duties owed to a company of which he was a director and his duties as a director of all three companies in issue, by helping them to fix a minimum level of commission fees for property sales agency services in the Burnham-on-Sea area. The defendant was disqualified as a director for seven years.


Family proceedings

A local authority v M and another [2020] Lexis Citation 269, [2020] All ER (D) 65 (Jul)

On the balance of probabilities, it was held that the father had struck the youngest of two children during the relevant period, and that he had failed to seek medical treatment which would have exposed the injury, in spite of persistent advice from the grandmother. Accordingly, the Family Court held, and it was agreed, that the children should be

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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