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08 July 2020
Issue: 7894 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Law digests: 10 July 2020

Anonymity

PQ (a child proceeding by her father and litigation friend) v An NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1662 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 137 (Jun)

An anonymity order was made, concerning a liability only trial in which the court was asked to determine whether or not the defendant NHS Trust was liable to pay the claimant damages for alleged breach of duty, arising out of the circumstances of the claimant’s birth. The Queen’s Bench Division held that the limited derogation from the principle of open justice in the press not being able to report the claimant’s name was more than offset by the correlative ability to report the proceedings from start to finish, including both liability and quantum.


Children & young persons

Re A (surrogacy: s 54 criteria) M v F and others [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam), [2020] All ER (D) 141 (Jun)

The mere fact that the applicants, who were the biological mother and father of a child

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Orwins—Maryam Abbasi

Orwins—Maryam Abbasi

Senior associate joins family law team in London

Tees Law—Stephen Williams

Tees Law—Stephen Williams

Firm appoints chief financial officer as it expands Essex office footprint

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Restructuring and insolvency practice strengthened by partner hire

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