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21 April 2021
Issue: 7929 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 23 April 2021

Company

Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation v Hardy [2021] EWHC 714 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 20 (Apr)

A request made under s 116 of the Companies Act 2006 for access to the register of members had to contain a statement about whether the information requested would be disclosed to anyone else (and, if so, to whom and for what purpose) at the time the request was made. The Chancery Division held that a company needed to know where it was at the date of the request, especially given the criminal sanctions. Accordingly, a request was either valid or invalid at the time it was made. Its status ought not to change depending on what happened later.


Disability

R (on the application of Turner) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2021] EWHC 465 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 15 (Apr)

In dismissing a claim for judicial review, the Administrative Court held that the Secretary of State’s policy for establishing whether applicants for employment

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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