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17 April 2008
Issue: 7317 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Insolvency

R (on the application of Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 84 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 181 (Jan)

A defendant charged with failing to deliver up books and papers in the course of the winding-up of a company and who raised the statutory defence of no intent to defraud (s 208(4)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986) bears a legal burden rather than an evidential one.

Issue: 7317 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS

Family set expands with the formal integration of 4 Brick Court into 42BR Barristers

The Court of Appeal has issued a stern warning to lawyers engaging in the practice of ‘privilege hunting’—obtaining an opponent’s legally privileged information through dishonest means
Legal executives have given a lukewarm reception to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB’s) final report from its regulatory review into Mazur advice and guidance
A homeless single parent offered accommodation in Derby has lost her Supreme Court appeal against the London council making the offer
The Kingdom of Bahrain does not enjoy sovereign immunity from allegations it used surveillance software to spy on dissidents in the UK, the Supreme Court has held
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