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This was done in Re Hong Kong Airlines Ltd, for example, which (at [48-50]) described the test for fairness as “ well settled” and “ part of the sanction process”. Prof Gillon insists that ‘high-level' principles such as these are practical tools, not abstract aspirations. As a consultant obstetrician in a deprived area of North Wales, he’s in regular contact with health inequalities: they present at his antenatal clinics every week. BMA media centre View the latest press releases from our England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales media teams.

If conditions A and B are met, the fact that the dissenting class has not agreed the compromise or arrangement does not prevent the court from sanctioning it under section 901F.

Often, a more resource-intensive and substantive equality of opportunity approach (‘equity’) will be needed.

It’s important to recognise what the competing basic moral concerns are,’ says Prof Gillon, ‘and then to have a system in which you can debate and agree, ideally, on how you deal with these conflicts in different contexts. If it does provide a fair distribution, that is likely to indicate that the negative vote of the dissenting class was not rationally motivated, which would support sanctioning the plan despite the dissent. The second factor in particular presents a problem in Part 26A cases where (unlike for Part 26 Schemes) the Court can be asked to deviate from the views of a fairly represented and properly consulted but dissenting class of creditor via an application for cross-class cram down (see Mr Justice Trower’s comments in Re DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd [2021] EWHC 138 (Ch) at [45]). Most importantly “Fair’s Fair” contains great morals to teach children about honesty and self-reward.com/2017/01/31/festival-of-britain-1951-the-south-bank-battersea-pleasure-gardens/https://ianbeckblog. Knowing this, the Runnymede Trust set out to investigate how minority groups felt about the prospect of an environment where everyday and essential services were no longer in the hands of the State but their own. His second book, Devil-in-the-Fog (1966), won the first annual Guardian Prize and was serialised for television, as were several later works (below).

This was indeed the approach taken in the first ever Plan to come to Court for sanction, namely Re Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, in which Mr Justice Snowden (at [68]) referred back to the often cited formulation laid out in Re Telewest Communications plc (No. The cost of the Pleasure Gardens was a major issue, taken up by the Conservative Party and the right-wing press. While posted in Belgium he met Vivien Alcock, then an ambulance driver, who would go on to become his second wife (in 1948) and a well-known children's author. A similar approach was taken by the Court in Re Chaptre Finance Plc [2023] EWHC 2276 (Ch) and Re Yunneng Wind Power Co. You may be here because you’ve come across a book, or play, or article of mine and you want to know more.The FAIRsFAIR journey introduced solutions for FAIR implementation across use cases, processes, needs and phases. Against this backdrop, therefore, this article takes a deeper dive into some of the more recent Part 26A cases to examine whether there is now an established test of fairness for the sanction of a Plan at common law and, if so, how that test has come to be defined by the Court and how consistently and stringently it is applied as a hurdle to sanction. What is interesting then, is that people using 'to be fair' in this new context are replacing a directly personal declaration with one that has the appearance of being impersonal.

The Runnymede Trust went to three different communities with very different experiences of ethnic diversity, Croydon, Blackburn and Newcastle, to hear what they thought about the opportunities and the risks of the localism agenda. But it can also be as simple as recognising a colleague is facing challenges in their health or personal circumstances – perhaps by sending them home. Garfield attended Brighton Grammar School (1932-1938) and went on to study art at Regent Street Polytechnic, but his studies were interrupted first by lack of funds for fees, then by the outbreak of World War II. With unexpected twists and turns, Jackson encounters something hidden underneath the dog’s collar, leading to mystery, adventure and some unexpected rewards! I teach my children that regardless of the situation it's never ok to hit anyone; and if they do retaliate and hit back, they may well find themselves dealt the same punishment as the child who hit them in the first place.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It posits that, whilst there is no prohibition on differential treatment for creditors inter se under a Plan, any differential treatment must be justified. Now, I know what 'to be fair' usually means, but what's happening now is that people are using it exactly in place of 'to be honest'. A better way to conceive of equality of outcomes might be to explicitly connect outcome with opportunity, such that under-representation of a particular group in a particular desirable context is seen as ‘ the measure of the opportunities, for if the outcome is not equal, we can be reasonably certain that the opportunities were not so’.