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Weekly law digests

24 November 2017
Issue: 7771 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Air traffic—Airport

R (on the application of Monarch Airlines Ltd (in administration)) v Airport Co-ordination Ltd (Manchester Airports Group plc intervening) [2017] EWHC 2896 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 129 (Nov)

The defendant was not under a duty to allocate summer 2018 permissions to use airport infrastructure necessary for the operation of air services at specified times for the purpose of the taking off and landing of aircraft to the claimant airline (Monarch), which was in administration. The Divisional Court, in dismissing Monarch’s application for judicial review, held that such a duty would not accord with the purpose underlying the relevant regulations and Monarch was not an air carrier.

Bankruptcy

Re Brown; Official Receiver v Brown [2017] EWHC 2728 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 135 (Nov)

The Official Receiver’s certification of the respondent bankrupt’s non-compliance with the Insolvency Act 1986 had been correct and, in the absence of any reasonable excuse for non-compliance, the respondent was guilty of contempt of court and liable to be punished. So held the Chancery Division in circumstances where

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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