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

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

Sidley—James Inness

Sidley—James Inness

Partner joins capital markets team in London office

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Firm announces appointment of partner as UK general counsel

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Firm appoints first chief marketing officer to drive growth strategy

NEWS
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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