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10 December 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7960 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 10 December 2021

Judgment debtors hit for VAT; Success fee through back door; Divorce reform latest; Document redaction OK? Service charge battle; Mercy for Personal Reps

ENFORCEMENT PANTO

Oh yes you can. Oh no you can’t.’ As the pantomime season approaches, it is appropriate that the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1288) should have come into force yesterday 9 December 2021. Where the judgment creditor is not VAT registered, they will entitle a sum equivalent to the VAT element on the prescribed enforcement costs and disbursements to be recovered by the enforcement agent from the judgment debtor. There has been many an argument in enforcement agent watering holes about whether creditor or the debtor should bear this element. The Ministry of Justice asserted that the subordinate legislation and common law supported their case that it was the debtor who had to pay up but still there were fights and bloodied walls over this. And so we now have clarification on the issue.


FAMILY ENJOYS SUCCESS FEE

Orders, albeit

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NEWS
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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