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Law digests: 19 June 2020

17 June 2020
Issue: 7891 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Committal

McKay v All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Ltd and another [2020] EWCA Civ 695, [2020] All ER (D) 51 (Jun)

The appellant’s two appeals against a committal order for contempt of court would be dismissed. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that none of the grounds of appeal raised were sufficient to allow the appeals against the committal order. Although there had been certain procedural breaches, in the circumstances, they were technical breaches which had caused no unfairness or injustice to the appellant and it was therefore appropriate to waive them. As the appellant had deliberately chosen not to comply with the rules surrounding the privilege against self-incrimination, the privilege could not be relied on.


Company

Travelodge Hotels Ltd v Prime Aesthetics Ltd and other companies [2020] EWHC 1217 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 47 (Jun)

An injunction would be granted for a period of 14 days to restrain presentation of a winding-up petition against the applicant by all three of the respondent companies, as it was highly

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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