Civil way—16 April 2021

14 April 2021 / Stephen Gold

Issue: 7928 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way

Courts to get Ritzy; negotiate or else; tribunal rules amended; hold the stat demands!; mediation enticer; insolvency moves revealed.

DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR LITIGANTS

Well, someone has to pay for the sanitiser. Fast on the heels of the scrap of discount for commencing online (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ 26 March 2021, p22) comes news of the plan to hike fees across the board in civil, family and Court of Protection business (with even the magistrates’ courts set to be hit, which you can probably bear, although I would prefer not to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Pillsbury—Steven James

Firm boosts London IP capability with high-profile technology sector hire

Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon

Private client specialist joins as partner in Taunton office

DWF—Rory White-Andrews

Finance and restructuring offering strengthened by partner hire in London

NEWS

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Civil way—16 April 2021

DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR LITIGANTS

DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR LITIGANTS

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Steven James

Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon

DWF—Rory White-Andrews