Air traffic—Airport
R (on the application of Monarch Airlines Ltd (in administration)) v Airport Co-ordination Ltd (Manchester Airports Group plc intervening) [2017] EWHC 2896 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 129 (Nov)
The defendant was not under a duty to allocate summer 2018 permissions to use airport infrastructure necessary for the operation of air services at specified times for the purpose of the taking off and landing of aircraft to the claimant airline (Monarch), which was in administration. The Divisional Court, in dismissing Monarch’s application for judicial review, held that such a duty would not accord with the purpose underlying the relevant regulations and Monarch was not an air carrier.
Bankruptcy
Re Brown; Official Receiver v Brown [2017] EWHC 2728 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 135 (Nov)
The Official Receiver’s certification of the respondent bankrupt’s non-compliance with the Insolvency Act 1986 had been correct and, in the absence of any reasonable excuse for non-compliance, the respondent was guilty of contempt of court and liable to be punished. So held the Chancery Division in circumstances where the respondent had failed to provide the Official Receiver with
