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Law digests: 23 October 2020

21 October 2020
Issue: 7907 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Company

Re Codere Finance 2 (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 2683 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 51 (Oct)

Codere Finance 2 (UK) Ltd (the company), part of the Codere group of companies, had applied for an order convening a single meeting of creditors with regard to a scheme of arrangement (the Scheme) between the company and certain of its creditors (the Scheme creditors) under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006. Applying well established principles, the Chancery Division held that: (i) the statutory requirements had been met; (ii) the class had been fairly represented by the meeting, and the majority had acted bona fide; and (iii) the Scheme was one that could reasonably be approved by a creditor of the company belonging to the class concerned.


Costs

Goknur Gida Maddeleri Enerji Imalat Ithalat Ihracat Ticaret Ve Sanati AS v Organic Village Ltd and another [2020] EWHC 2542 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 49 (Oct)

It was right to say that, to justify the making of a non-party costs order against a director

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall

Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall

Firm bolsters Manchester insurance practice with double partner appointment

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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