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22 January 2020
Issue: 7871 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Charity

HM Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 18 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 42 (Jan)

The applicant, who was a relation of the benefactor of a trust intended to combat the national debt, was entitled to continue his claim. The Chancery Division held that, while he faced significant difficulties, it would be wrong to conclude that he had no prospect of success at all. Further, there were no other legal principles that prevented the applicant from bringing his claim.

Company

Re Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd Woodside and another (joint administrators of Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd) v Keyworker Homes (North West) Ltd [2019] EWHC 3499 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 194 (Nov)

Paragraph 28(2) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 gave a window of 10 full business days for the appointment of an administrator or administrators to be made following the date on which the notice of intention to appoint had been filed. The Chancery Division so held finding that the applicant joint administrators in the present case had been validly appointed. Further, the

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NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?
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
NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope
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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