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Law digests: 18 October 2024

18 October 2024
Issue: 8090 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Bankruptcy

Cooper and others v Dashi (aka Rugova) and other companies [2024] EWHC 2102 (Ch), [2024] All ER (D) 56 (Aug)

The Chancery Division made rulings on applications made by the joint trustees in bankruptcy of EW. Among other things, the respondents would not be required to make further disclosure of documents. The court held that it would not make an order for the examination of the first respondent (D), who had made two witness statements. No evidence had been produced that would allow it to hold that the statements of D were untrue.


Housing

R (on application of RR) v London Borough of Enfield [2024] EWHC 2501 (Admin), [2024] All ER (D) 09 (Oct)

The Administrative Court dismissed the claimant’s judicial review claim of the defendant local authority’s allocation scheme of social housing (the scheme) in circumstances where the claimant who acted as a full-time carer for his wife and two young children had been allocated a small one-bedroomed flat as temporary accommodation under a points system for housing priority. The claimant

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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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