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17 March 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8017 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 17 March 2023

Ombudsman shows the way; free cut-out; Court of Appeal goes weedy; housing rent increase trap; new royal warrant plea.

NO FOOL

They should get the Legal Ombudsman in to clear listing backlogs. He knows what to do with freeing up time to get rid of his pile of headaches. For complaints received after 31 March 2023, the time limits for referral and associated cursing to the Ombudsman are axed down from the later of one year from the date of the relevant act or omission, instead of six years, and one year from when the complainant should have realised there was cause to complain, instead of three years. Against this, the width of discretion to accept out of time complaints is widened. Fair and reasonable to extend is substituted for the exceptional circumstances test. The discretion to dismiss a complaint is to be available on further grounds including no significant loss, distress, inconvenience or detriment to the complainant and the size and complexity of the complaint or complainant’s behaviour resulting

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Freeths—Heather Gibson

Freeths—Heather Gibson

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Debevoise & Plimpton—Mary Lavelle

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Debevoise expands London secondaries team with addition of Mary Lavelle

Excello Law—Hestia Private Client

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Excello Law welcomes ex-Irwin Mitchell team to launch Hestia Private Client

NEWS
Lawyers have welcomed plans to create specialist rape and serious sex offences courtrooms at every Crown Court
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
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