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Civil way: 19 February 2018

19 February 2018 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7776 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Keep 2 March 2018 clear; Enjoy 93rd CPR update; Hours to escape new family forms.

WANTED: PRESIDENT

‘The Lord Chief, Baroness Hale, Lord Kakkar and the two lay commissioners will see you now. You’ve brought your laptop and mouse with you, I hope.’

Actually, demonstrating your computer skills will not be one of the humiliations to which you will be subjected if invited for interview to be conducted on 2 March 2018 for the position of President of the Family Division (salary £217,409 pa) but anyone opposed to on-line divorce should keep that under their Rayden. You would be taking over from Sir James Munby this summer. If tempted to apply, you must give notice of intent by 1pm on 22 January 2018. They’ll be looking for citation of at least two of your more lucid judgments and a speech or an article which ideally has not been plagiarized. And no more than 1,500 words on what are the greatest issues facing the family justice system, how you intend to deal

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

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Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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