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Civil way: 11 August 2023

11 August 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8037 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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A funny business; Dodgy service; Cleaner notaries; Latest FPR PD update

TAKEOVER NEWS

Talk of the Civil National Business Centre at Northampton, but not until 14 August 2023. It is then replacing the back-office units at Northampton’s County Court Business Centre and Salford’s County Court Money Claims Centre. Out with the cheese sandwiches. The move will affect where claims are started. It is presumed that the name of the merged centre was picked from a hat and designed to disguise from the world that it will have any connection with the law. The Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2023, SI 2023/788, effect a raft of name substitutions, and CPR PD update 158 follows suit.


TICKS & STUFF

The claim form is served out of time. What should the defendant do? Dispute the court’s jurisdiction by complying with CPR 11. That involves filing an acknowledgment of service and applying under the rule within 14 days of doing so for a no-jurisdiction declaration. In default, the defendant is treated as having accepted

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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