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18 February 2020
Issue: 7875 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Confidential information

Re Comet Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 131 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 141 (Jan)

Confidentiality restrictions that had been placed on information and documents contained within court files and judgments, which had contained information obtained by the Insolvency Service, pursuant to ss 447 and 449 of the Companies Act 1985, would be lifted. The Chancery Division, allowing the applicant liquidator’s application, held that, where information had been supplied by an investigating body for the purpose of a hearing conducted in a court of competent jurisdiction, it thereafter became the subject of the supervision by the court on the issue of the maintenance of confidentiality and if it was appropriate for it to continue and, in the circumstances of the present case, it had been appropriate for the restrictions to be lifted.

Insolvency

Re Pinnacle (Angelgate) Ltd (in liquidation) [2020] EWHC 141 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 21 (Feb)

In two applications by the trustee and the liquidators in order to determine the distribution of

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Firm welcomes partner with specialist expertise in family and art law

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Dual-qualified partner joins international private client team

NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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