Company
Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation v Hardy [2021] EWHC 714 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 20 (Apr)
A request made under s 116 of the Companies Act 2006 for access to the register of members had to contain a statement about whether the information requested would be disclosed to anyone else (and, if so, to whom and for what purpose) at the time the request was made. The Chancery Division held that a company needed to know where it was at the date of the request, especially given the criminal sanctions. Accordingly, a request was either valid or invalid at the time it was made. Its status ought not to change depending on what happened later.
Disability
R (on the application of Turner) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2021] EWHC 465 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 15 (Apr)
In dismissing a claim for judicial review, the Administrative Court held that the Secretary of State’s policy for establishing whether applicants for employment and support allowance had limited capability to work, which
