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Law digests: 5 June 2020

02 June 2020
Issue: 7889 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Bankruptcy

Gertner and another v CFL Finance Ltd [2020] EWHC 1241 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 147 (May)

The judge’s order, refusing the first appellant’s application to stay the hearing of the respondent’s bankruptcy petition and making him bankrupt, had to be set aside. The Chancery Division, in allowing the appellants’ appeals, held that, since the first appellant’s proposal for a voluntary arrangement supported by its largest creditor would, inevitably, be approved and since there was no basis for any suggestion that the good faith rule would cause the creditor’s approval (which was determinative) to be tainted, the judge had exercised his discretion on the basis of immaterial factors.


Child

Re H (a child) (parental responsibility: vaccination) [2020] EWCA Civ 664, [2020] All ER (D) 152 (May)

The judge had been correct to find that the vaccination of a healthy child in care was a matter which a local authority could properly consent to and arrange pursuant to its powers under s 33 of the Children Act 1989 as

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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