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20 October 2017
Issue: 7766 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

Secretary of State for Business Innovation and v Rahman [2017] EWHC 2468 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 83 (Oct)

Where the appellant (the Secretary of State) had alleged that the sole director of a company had failed to ensure that the company had complied with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, with the result that it had been fined £30,000 for employing two illegal workers, resulting in its liquidation, the Companies Court held that the deputy district judge had not erred in making a disqualification order for three years, under s 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA 1986). He had been entitled to regard the case as falling in the lower bracket of seriousness.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

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Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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