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Civil way: 26 June 2015

26 June 2015
Issue: 7658 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Loving LIPs; the matrimonial dog; contact interventions: a taster; & revised CPR forms.

GOING ON GREEN

Yes, it is green. The cover of the latest At a Glance just published by the Family Law Bar Association. Still, practitioners cannot seek family remedies without it. The colour is certainly an improvement on last year’s orange. What concerns me is whether an order barked by advocate to mini pupil or trainee to “Bring The Green Book” may promote something quite different.

Unlike the other same coloured work, this one has jokes and they can be found in the preface. Not so much stand up but more sit down with a glass of vintage wine carrying a bouquet of Mostyn J but I may be wrong. The principal humour is about pets and is inspired by the Law Society’s initiative in encouraging spouses to enter into pre-nuptial agreements regarding their care and upkeep. Like some judgments, this joke goes on too long and ends with a promise to incorporate a Pets Care Costs Corner in a future edition once

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

Kadie Bennett, senior associate at Anthony Collins and chair of the Resolution West Midlands Group, discusses her long-standing passion for family law and calls for unity in the profession

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Firm appoints new UK senior partner for 2026

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Healthcare and sports legal team expands in the north west

NEWS
Lawyers and users of the business and property courts are invited to share their views on disclosure, in particular the operation of PD 57AD and the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)
Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ
Ian Gascoigne of LexisNexis dissects the uneasy balance between open justice and confidentiality in England’s civil courts, in this week's NLJ. From public hearings to super-injunctions, he identifies five tiers of privacy—from fully open proceedings to entirely secret ones—showing how a patchwork of exceptions has evolved without clear design
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law
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