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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

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

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
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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