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23 September 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7995 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Archive: Civil way: 23 September 2022

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Stephen Gold is unable to leave the archives alone. This month he sees the Lord Chief Justice tying the knot and discovers the bad habits of conveyancing solicitors

George V celebrated his silver jubilee. Brian Clough and Barry Cryer were born. Stanley Baldwin succeeded Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister. Criminal advocates were given a golden thread to weave into their addresses to the jury on the presumption of innocence by courtesy of Woolmington v DPP. County court registrars were vested with jurisdiction to try disputed claims not exceeding £10 in value. Lord de Clifford had no case to answer on being tried by the House of Lords on a charge of manslaughter arising out of a road accident—and why not ease the current criminal trial logjam by handing over the trials of all peers to the upper house?

This was 1935 and The Law Journal marched on with more than a little help from its friends, the charity advertisers, including Battersea Dogs’ Home which puffed that in the

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NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
NLJ this week: Court of Appeals wrestles with Mazur fallout
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
NLJ this week: Appeal court reins in ‘wrong defendant’ switcheroo

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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