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14 August 2026
Issue: 8174 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 14 August 2026

Company

Re TG Jones High Street Ltd [2026] EWHC 2079 (Ch)

The Chancery Division sanctioned two restructuring plans proposed by the plan companies, TG Jones High Street Ltd and TG Jones Retail Holdings Ltd pursuant to Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006. The applicant plan companies, which operated a high street retail business, faced severe financial difficulties including significant losses, critical cashflow constraints, and imminent insolvency. The court exercised its cross-class cramdown jurisdiction to impose the plans on dissenting creditor classes, including multiple landlord creditor classes and business rates creditors. The court held that the primary jurisdictional preconditions were satisfied: the plan companies were companies liable to be wound up; they had encountered financial difficulties affecting their ability to carry on business as a going concern; the proposals constituted compromises or arrangements with the requisite element of give and take; and the purpose was to eliminate or mitigate the financial difficulties. The court found, among other things, that the relevant alternative was a value-destructive administration involving piecemeal sales of stock; that all dissenting classes would be better off under the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing

DWF—11 appointments

DWF—11 appointments

DWF strengthens North West teams with 11 newly qualified solicitors

NEWS
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Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
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