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Civil way: 21 October 2016

21 October 2016
Issue: 7719 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

CPR UPDATE 86

The latest update feeds on the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/788) and the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016 (SI 2016/917)(much about…er…appeals and giving some work to High Court judges—see “Civil way”, NLJ, 7 October 2016, p 15) and is heavy on PD mutilation. Most changes came into force on 3 October 2016.

“I’m at Macclesfield and can’t get in” If you were planning a day out at the county court hearing centres at Macclesfield, Accrington, Altrincham, Aylesbury, Bridgend, Buxton, Morpeath and Berwick, Neath and Port Talbot, Tameside or Hammersmith, do something else instead. They have closed though the Port Talbot Justice Centre with roof-mounted solar panels for hot water has opened and district registries will be operational there and at Prestatyn as from 31 October 2016 (see SI 2016/974 if you don’t believe me). PD 2C is amended to reflect and also to give jurisdiction to the county court at central London to issue

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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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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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