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01 December 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8051 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 1 December 2023

Judicial poses; Juniors may speak; Dodgy drafting; Fees hike promised; Business tenancy opposition

SAY CHEESE

Someone has cottoned on to the jeopardy presented by the taking of those delightful post-adoption order photographs at court with child, family and judge. No, not the ceiling falling in but a prosecution for breach of s 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 which prohibits snapping in court or its precincts. The Courts (Prescribed Recordings) Order 2013 (SI 2023/1124) rushed into force after 96 years on 24 October 2023 has come to the rescue. It disapplies the prohibition for adoption ‘ceremony’ stills where taken after the proceedings and authorised by the court and undertaken in accordance with the court’s instructions.


JUNIOR SLEEP TO BE INTERRUPTED

First, Mr Justice Foxton expressed pleasure at the increasing frequency with which junior advocates have been undertaking some of the oral submissions in the commercial court. Now the good and the powerful, headed by the Lady Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls, have got in on the act with

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Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

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Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

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