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16 March 2018
Issue: 7785 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Company

Re SHB Realisations Ltd (formerly BHS Ltd) (in liquidation); Wright and another (as joint liquidators of SHB Realisations Ltd (formerly BHS Ltd) (in liquidation)) v Prudential Assurance Company Ltd [2018] EWHC 402 (Ch) [2018] All ER (D) 58 (Mar)

The Companies Court ruled on an application, under s 112 of the Insolvency Act 1986, by the joint liquidators of SHB Realisations Ltd (formerly BHS Ltd) for directions on whether sums claimed by the company’s landlord, the Prudential Assurance Company Ltd, were: (i) payable at all; (ii) provable in the liquidation; and (iii) payable as an administration expense (an administration having preceded the liquidation).

Divorce

WS v HS [2018] EWFC 11 [2018] All ER (D) 158 (Feb)

There had been no proper application before the district judge on which an interim order for the sale of the matrimonial home could be made. Accordingly, the Family Division allowed the appeal by the appellant wife and set aside the order. In reaching its decision, the court also considered the process by which an interim sale could

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

HFW—Nelson Wang

HFW—Nelson Wang

HFW strengthens global insurance practice and Greater China offering with London Partner hire

Burges Salmon—David McEwing

Burges Salmon—David McEwing

Burges Salmon boosts Energy and Utilities practice with appointment of David McEwing

Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme

Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme

Browne Jacobson adds international construction arbitration partner in London push

NEWS
Law firm trainees are choosing US firms over their UK comparators, according to Chambers’ annual report on UK trainee satisfaction
A former senior judge has warned peers against scrapping juries for fraud and financial crimes, ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords this week
Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings

Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency

Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget
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