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Law digests: 17 July 2020

14 July 2020
Issue: 7895 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

Re Bright Future Software Ltd (Registered No. 07983222)

The claimant company’s claim against the defendant company director (E), in proceedings arising from the liquidation of the company, succeeded only in part. The Chancery Division held that, among other things, E was not liable for wrongful trading contrary to s 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986, nor had he committed a breach of duty. However, the claimant’s claim for £188,769 wrongly retained by the defendant succeeded.


Coroner

Re inquest into the death of Renee Rushbrooke [2020] EWHC 1612 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 154 (Jun)

It was clearly necessary and desirable in the interests of justice that a fresh inquest and investigation into the death of the claimant’s mother should take place, as there was a real possibility that it might give rise to an alternative outcome. Accordingly, the Divisional Court made an order, under s 13 of the Coroners Act 1988, quashing the determination of death by natural causes made at the inquest, and ordered a fresh investigation and inquest.


Landlord & Tenant

Point West GR Ltd v Bassi and others

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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
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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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