Stephen Gold

NLJ columnist

Stephen Gold has many years’ experience both as a recently retired civil and family judge and, before that, as a practising solicitor. He is an NLJ columnist and has written our civil way column for more than 30 years and is the author of Breaking Law – The Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights & Winning in Court or Losing Well.

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This week DDJ Stephen Gold looks at pandemic-inspired insolvency measures and untangles the often-changing rules on possession, in his Civil way column

New assured shorthold notice; Adjournment refusal challenge; Ogden resurfaces; Hello ipse dixit

Possession stay by a majority; Possession notices upped to six months; Contempt smartened up; Revising your budget

Enforcement agents under control; Possession paralysis punctured; Hello reactivation notice

Court bargains on offer; COVID lesson; Online for FR consents

Company wind ups wound down; Wrongful trading rightful; More time for companies registration;

PD51Z back in Court of Appeal

Forfeiture forfeited; LiPs misbehaving; The peril of Airbnb lettings; Gas certificate relief; No fault divorce near & far; Family on the air; Special Guardianship guidance

Go low with the CFO; Possessions reparalysed; High Street lessee win; Family cases to surge.

Flexible tenancy shock; Big financial remedy changes

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Heather Gibson

Freeths strengthens national tax team with Heather Gibson appointment

Debevoise & Plimpton—Mary Lavelle

Debevoise expands London secondaries team with addition of Mary Lavelle

Excello Law—Hestia Private Client

Excello Law welcomes ex-Irwin Mitchell team to launch Hestia Private Client

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No more fishing expeditions on costs

A client cannot use a costs assessment to investigate whether their solicitor received commission on an after-the-event (ATE) insurance premium, the Court of Appeal has held

Carter-Ruck case strengthens legal privilege

Law firms cannot be compelled to disclose documents protected by unwaived legal professional privilege (LPP) during misconduct investigations, the High Court has clarified

Litigation funding plans opposed

Solicitors have urged regulators not to impose unnecessary cost and complexity on third-party litigation funding

Business is booming for UK legal services, says Chancery Lane

Bereavement rights set to expand

Employees who lose a spouse, partner, parent, adult child or sibling will have a legal right to bereavement leave from next April, the government has confirmed

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Stephen Gold

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Heather Gibson

Debevoise & Plimpton—Mary Lavelle

Excello Law—Hestia Private Client