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28 September 2017 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7763 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 29 September 2017

CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish

The latest CPR changes hit us on 1 October 2017 as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2017 (SI 2017/889) come into force presented as the 92nd update and two Practice Directions (PDs) to complement are awaited.

Division 2 There may be cases which require the brains and intellect of a judge from two or more divisions of the High Court such as those involving matrimonial property where family and chancery might have—and have had—different ideas. In that situation, CPR 3.1 is amended to explicitly allow something which has been regarded as implicitly permissible, namely a case management direction that a hearing may proceed before a Divisional Court comprising judges who may come from different divisions and they can then have a public punch up which is likely to be an all ticket affair.

Roll up Just in case a pedant suggests that a 2016 amendment to CPR 52 may have done away with the court’s power to roll up an

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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

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Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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