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Civil way: 18 November 2016

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18 November 2016
Issue: 7723 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Fee remission less painful; divorce competitions & civil appeal form changes

BIG SAVINGS ON FEES

You call it remission. HMC&TS in cuddly speak calls it help with court and tribunal fees. There’s now an option to apply for remission online and just published are a revised guide EX160A (surely they could rename it ticklyboo 160A) and simplified application form EX160 with it. Mercifully, bank statements and other documentary evidence formerly required need not accompany but may be called in.

SERIAL PROBLEM

There have been cases where the names and addresses of adoptive parents have been inadvertently revealed to the birth parents because serial numbers protecting the former’s identity have not been assigned by the court or assigned late. In some instances, the adoptive family have had to be relocated or the adoptive placement has broken down. The Family Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules (SI 2016/1013) which came into force on 14 November 2016 are aimed at fixing the problem. Serial numbers will be automatically assigned in future rather than assigned on request, as at

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NEWS
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NLJ this week: The insider returns
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
NLJ this week: How not to plead a schedule of loss
A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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