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Civil way: 15 October 2021

15 October 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7952 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Bypassing a judge; Mediation stays come early; DDJs forced out of home; Domestic abuse latest; Pandemic rent challenges; Small claim transcripts

JUST A SLIP

Part 1 The referral to a judge or legal adviser of a request for the amendment of a half-baked perfected order will cause stress. ‘I regret the judge is in boxwork arrears and has to attend to their pension litigation.’ Slip rule amendments will generally be referred up. But the new FPR PD 29D now hiding under court staff desks or (where working remotely) beds, enables a court officer to amend without referral where staff cock-up, obvious typographical error, desirability of improving format (but not numbering) and, so long as the correct details can be verified from the court file etc, where misstatement as to venue of hearing, date of order, identification of legal representatives and date of future hearing. Send in a copy of the PD with your amendment request. Spell-check your communication.

Part 2 Rip up SI 2021/1029 on the new schedule 10 to

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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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