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18 February 2020
Issue: 7875 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Confidential information

Re Comet Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 131 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 141 (Jan)

Confidentiality restrictions that had been placed on information and documents contained within court files and judgments, which had contained information obtained by the Insolvency Service, pursuant to ss 447 and 449 of the Companies Act 1985, would be lifted. The Chancery Division, allowing the applicant liquidator’s application, held that, where information had been supplied by an investigating body for the purpose of a hearing conducted in a court of competent jurisdiction, it thereafter became the subject of the supervision by the court on the issue of the maintenance of confidentiality and if it was appropriate for it to continue and, in the circumstances of the present case, it had been appropriate for the restrictions to be lifted.

Insolvency

Re Pinnacle (Angelgate) Ltd (in liquidation) [2020] EWHC 141 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 21 (Feb)

In two applications by the trustee and the liquidators in order to determine the distribution of purchasers’ funds following the failure of a new development, the

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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
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
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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