Insolvency
Re Statebourne (Cryogenic) Ltd [2020] EWHC 231 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 42 (Feb)
Notwithstanding that a notice of appointment of administrators had been filed one day after the expiry of the time period provided by para 28(2) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, the Business and Property Court declared that the administrators had been validly appointed. Further, the court held that there was no requirement in Sch B1 or r 3.24 of the Insolvency Rules 2016 that the notice of appointment had to specify a particular court centre within the Business and Property Courts.
Landlord & tenant
Pease v Carter and another [2020] EWCA Civ 175, [2020] All ER (D) 94 (Feb)
The judge had erred in finding that a typographical error in notices for possession served by the appellant landlord under s 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988) had had the effect that the notices had been invalid because the statutory provisions had been clear and precise by requiring
