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Archive: Civil way: 23 September 2022

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

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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