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

‘Three days before lift-off’, the Lord Chancellor extended the stay on possession proceedings until 20 September, columnist Stephen Gold writes in this week’s Civil Way.

Possession returns. ‘The 23 August 2020 is the day that enforcement agents awake from their slumber,’ former District Judge Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, writes in this week’s Civil Way

Living in fear of the taxman? NLJ columnist Stephen Gold offers reassurance in this week’s Civil way―HMRC has updated its guidance to include the impact of coronavirus as a reasonable excuse for late payment

Michael Zander on concerns about Home Office police station remote legal advice plans

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

PD51Z back in Court of Appeal

Family lawyer and NLJ columnist David Burrows works his way through a maze of legal aid provisions and considers the frequently misunderstood rule of contempt of court, in this week’s NLJ

David Burrows navigates through a labyrinth of legal aid provisions & tackles the much misunderstood ‘contempt’

While letting may seem an easy way to make money, tenants could find themselves in legal difficulty.

The High Court has made two unusual pre-trial orders within the space of a fortnight, indicating that parties ‘need not resign themselves to the cost and delay’ of side issues, barristers Daniel Lightman QC & Stephanie Thompson, of Serle Court, write in this week’s NLJ

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DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

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Hate crimes fast-tracked by CPS

Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents

Devolving more control over justice issues leads to better results, research shows

Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North

Prison blunder puts child at risk

A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son

Legal aid firms left in limbo for a year

The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)

Failure to prevent bribery win for Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery

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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Ellisons—Marion Knocker