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22 April 2020
Issue: 7883 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 24 April 2020

Adoption

A local authority v Mother and others [2020] EWHC 832 (Fam), [2020] All ER (D) 66 (Apr)

A local authority was granted a final injunction preventing the respondent biological parents of a child (X) from disseminating information about her prospective adopters, and to prevent them from approaching those adopters. The application was heard over the telephone given the national emergency relating to Covid-19. The Family Division held that there was nothing barring it from making the order sought, even though the application for leave to apply for it had been made orally. The court further held that the injunction was justified, both because of the risk to X, and the risk to the prospective adopters, in circumstances where the biological parents had a history of publishing information about their children on the internet, and where they had been convicted of harassing the judge who had made the care and placement orders concerning X.

Company

Re Soiram Ltd and another company [2020] EWHC 768 (Ch),

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NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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