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Law digests: 7 August 2020

05 August 2020
Issue: 7898 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

London Capital & Finance plc (in administration) v London Capital Marketing Ltd [2020] EWHC 2028 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 153 (Jul)

The petitioner company successfully applied for the winding up of the respondent company on the basis that the respondent was unable to pay its debts as they fell due. In allowing the application, the Chancery Division held that, on the evidence, there was a genuine and substantial dispute only in relation to certain of the payments challenged by the respondent. Accordingly, the petitioner had established that it was a creditor for at least the sum of £386,588.82, and the respondent was unable to pay its debts as they fell due.


Court of protection

A local authority v A [2020] EWCOP 38, [2020] All ER (D) 119 (Jul)

The discharge of a property and affairs deputy who no longer wished to act was not automatic, but an exercise of the court’s discretion. Such discretion would always require to be exercised reasonably and would, inevitably, be influenced by the protected

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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