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12 May 2023
Issue: 8024 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 12 May 2023

Company

Re AGPS BondCo plc [2023] EWHC 916 (Ch), [2023] All ER (D) 58 (Apr)

The Chancery Division approved a restructuring plan. The plan concerned a company incorporated in England and Wales, which was part of a group whose business consisted of the purchase, management and development of income-producing, multi-family residential real estate in Germany. The court held that the relevant class, namely, the 2029 plan creditors, would be no worse off under the plan than they would have been under the relevant alternative. The court would exercise its discretion to make the order sought.


Debt

CRF I Ltd v Banco Nacional De Cuba and another [2023] EWHC 774 (Comm), [2023] All ER (D) 53 (Apr)

The Commercial Court ruled on a challenge to jurisdiction under CPR 11 brought by the defendants. The first defendant, a national bank, took out loans from commercial banks in the 1980s. The second defendant, the Republic of Cuba, acted as guarantor. The first defendant defaulted on repayments. The dispute involved a sovereign debt

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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