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Weekly law digests

15 November 2018
Issue: 7817 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Administration

Wagner v White [2018] EWHC 2882 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 16 (Nov)

The appellant failed in respect of his appeals against the dismissal of his application to set aside two statutory demands that were based on personal guarantees he had given concerning loans made to his company (the company), which eventually went into administration. Among other things, the Chancery Division held that there was no genuine triable issue that the respondent, concerned with one of the statutory demands, had caused the company to go into administration, as alleged, and no realistic prospect of the appellant establishing that he had.

Confidential information

ABC and others v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2329, [2018] All ER (D) 14 (Nov)

The judge had erred in refusing the interim injunction sought by the claimant companies and senior executive, relating to the defendant newspaper’s intention to publish confidential information connected with allegations of discreditable conduct by the senior executive that had been compromised by settlement agreements with five employees. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division,

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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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