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    New Title: Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law

    We are delighted to announce that David Pollard‘s new book: Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law has just been published by Bloomsbury Professional. It discusses, in detail, the meaning and scope of the ‘connected’, ‘associated’ and ‘control’ tests used... Read more

    Thursday 9 December 2021

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    Publications

    Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law

    David Pollard
    December 2021

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    Recent Cases

    The Libyan Investment Authority v Credit Suisse and others [2021] EWHC 2684 (Comm)

    Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery

    Alan Gourgey KC | Anna Littler
    Wednesday 8 December 2021

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    Articles

    The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: Part 2 – what is happening in Parliament?

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This is my second article on the Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill. As is well known, the Bill provides for a statutory arbitration where the arbitrator... Read more

    By Sir Paul Morgan
    Monday 6 December 2021

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    Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson The recent case of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation [2021] EWHC 1425 (Ch) is a timely reminder for trustees of the need to critically... Read more

    Thursday 2 December 2021

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    Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation

    Thursday 2 December 2021

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    Recent Cases

    In the matter of the Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan [2021] EWHC 3017 (Ch)

    High Court of Justice

    Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Jonathan Chew
    Friday 26 November 2021

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    Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan: Successful Rectification of Plan Increase Rules

    Michael Tennet QC, Edward Sawyer and Jonathan Chew (instructed by Gowling WLG led by Ian Gordon and Charlotte Scholes) acted for the successful trustee of the Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan on a series of rectification and other claims, following... Read more

    Friday 26 November 2021

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    The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: How will the arbitration stage work?

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This article considers the clauses of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill which provide for arbitration in relation to the relief which can be granted to... Read more

    By Sir Paul Morgan
    Tuesday 23 November 2021

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    Precedent value of Chancery Masters’ decisions

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown Role of Chancery Masters The Masters of the Chancery Division of the High Court have always played an important role in getting Chancery litigation trial-ready. Traditionally... Read more

    By Michael Ashdown
    Thursday 18 November 2021

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    Webchats

    The Commercial Rents Arbitration Scheme: The insolvency law perspective

    Sri Carmichael and Jessica Brooke get to grips with the new Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill and how it works from an insolvency perspective.

    Sri Carmichael | Jessica Brooke
    Thursday 18 November 2021

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    IPs: New notification obligations re pension schemes?

    David Pollard and Tom Robinson have recorded an Insolvency and Pensions Technical Bites WebChat discussing Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) and the new notification obligations in relation to occupational pension schemes. Link to slides here.

    David Pollard | Thomas Robinson KC
    Monday 15 November 2021

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