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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

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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