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Law digests: 16 October 2020

15 October 2020
Issue: 7906 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Re High Street Rooftop Holdings Ltd [2020] EWHC 2572 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 23 (Oct)

Strategic Advantage SPC (the applicant) successfully applied for an administration order in relation to High Street Rooftop Holdings Ltd (the company) following events of default which had resulted in the security constituted by the debenture becoming immediately enforceable. In granting the application, the Chancery Division held that it would be wrong to deny the applicant its right to enforce the terms of the debenture in circumstances where the company’s debt was far from sufficiently secured and, on the balance of probabilities, the company was insolvent.


Conflict of laws

Maduro Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela v Guaidó Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela [2020] EWCA Civ 1249, [2020] All ER (D) 24 (Oct)

An appeal of two preliminary issues arising in a dispute involving the entitlement of persons or bodies to give instructions to financial institutions in the UK on behalf of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), with regard to gold

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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