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Civil way: 4 December 2015

04 December 2015
Issue: 7679 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Shush!; creditors bankrupted; home court reversal & transferring up correctly

GOING WITH A GANG

There was one hell of a racket the other day as the writer was attempting to do justice between two warring spouses and that wasn’t just in his hearing room or the usher screaming out the decree nisi list within the precincts. It was outside the court building—still the local county court rather than any particular hearing centre comprised within the county court as they will need another fee hike before they can afford to change the signage—and it was down to the supporters of a litigant inside who might be at risk of eviction but, come on, it was a directions hearing and there were drums and bells and the writer thought he heard a trumpet between “section 25” and “matrimonial”.

There has been an increasing number of defendants giving mortgagees, landlords and bailiffs a hard time on the eviction appointment through the engagement of activist groups such as Freeman of the Land. They’re not going to take it any more.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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