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Civil way: 14 June 2024

14 June 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8075 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Family , Employment
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Warehousing; New code for employers; Spoofing exposed; Latest FPR PD update; Divorce glitch

LAWBITES

Grovit back The warehousing of a claim will get you into trouble. If you still want to try it, unilaterally decide not to pursue an issued claim for a substantial period of time, even if you remain intent on pursuit at some future point. This is an abuse and good for striking out. Remember Grovit v Doctor [1997] 2 All ER 417 HL said so. In Watford Control Instruments Ltd v Brown [2024] EWHC 1125 (Ch), Mr Justice Richards held that strike out remained the proportionate sanction unless compelling reasons to the contrary were shown. The CPR did not throw overboard

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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