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Civil Way: 15 February 2008

14 February 2008 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7308 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Public , Procedure & practice , Profession
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Lawbites, Wotcha Mate, Getting in on the lolly

LAWBITES

 

Windscreen news

A new framework for the civil enforcement of parking contraventions is implemented on 6 April 2008 with the Traffic Management Act 2004, Pt 6 and subordinate legislation brought into force. CPR Pt 75 is amended in line. " Parking attendants to be called civil enforcement officers (as well as the usual). " A witness statement option instead of a statutory declaration. " A six-month time limit for issue of notice to owner. " No clamping or removal until 30 minutes after service of penalty charge notice but clamping after 15 minutes for persistent evaders.

 

Cost of the fatal omission

If the receiving party to a costs order has been represented by more than one solicitor, the costs of all those solicitors should be included in just one bill. If the party fails to include them all and a costs judge completes his assessment without regard to the omitted costs

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Partner appointed to dispute resolution team

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Employment law offering in Guernsey expands with new hire

NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
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