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Civil way: 14 February 2025

14 February 2025 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8104 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Intellectual property
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No hiding for claimants; leasehold qualifier gone; Ogden Obliges; the world of ETs; cloudy lemon cider.

CLAIMANTS EXPOSED

The government is to legislate to include in the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines, run by Registry Trust, the name —but neither the address nor the favourite knuckleduster supplier—of the claimant. One of the outcomes not considered is that claimants will be bombarded at the wrong office by registry snoopers with pleas to be told what dirt they have on the defendant, whether they know if they own a garden water feature which could be easily taken away by a bailiff, and are they going to bring bankruptcy proceedings or not.

These days, the registry catches money judgments of both the High Court and county court, excluding orders in family proceedings and judgments for arrears of mortgage instalments or rent unless and until the claimant takes a step to enforce. And—this is the big exclusion—a judgment arising out of a contested hearing (even though the defence was a pile of nonsense

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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