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15 October 2020
Issue: 7906 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 16 October 2020

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

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
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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