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29 April 2020
Issue: 7884 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 1 May 2020

Company

Re Debenhams Retail Ltd (in administration) [2020] EWHC 921 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 111 (Apr)

The Chancery Division gave directions that the joint administrators of Debenhams Retail Ltd (the company) were at liberty to act on the basis that they would be taken to have adopted, for the purposes of para 99(5) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, any contract of employment between the company and its employees in circumstances where, in respect of any particular employee of employees, at any time after 14 days from the time of their appointment, the administrators had caused the company to make payments to such employee or employees under and in accordance with their employment contracts, including in respect of amounts which could be reimbursed to the company under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS), or the administrators had made an application in respect of such employee or employees under the JRS.


Family proceedings

Re P (a child: remote hearing) [2020] EWFC 32, [2020] All ER (D) 115 (Apr)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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