Stephen Gold
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.
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.
Soaring fees; Drug addicts: bad news; Witness immunity; TOLATA beats AR
Tribunal awards down; bank charge claims set to revive; ruling on missing credit agreement defence
Swear certificates, the court fee feeling, whoops, chequemate, long live rejection.
Councils into forced marriages; unfair shock; and credit reference peril
The 50th update to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 came into force on 1 October 2009. Here’s the best of it.
>> Ivy booking problems
>> Charging order beats bankruptcy
>> Hire care offers
>> relet victory for consumers
Cafcass is in trouble. There has been a dramatic increase in public law child work post Baby P and private law business is getting less of a look in
Ritzy fees
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
