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04 October 2018
Issue: 7811 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 5 October 2018

97, 98, 100; new CPR update; bonus for ice cream vans; cold calling targeted.

TON UP

The things I do for you. I have downloaded all 64 pages of the CPR 100th update. The cost of paper and ink (including some blue) represents a deep dent in my writing remuneration for the month, so let’s make the most of it.

You could be forgiven for believing that I would be treating you to the 99th update (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ 7 September 2018, p18). That would be the logical conclusion given the fact that the last update you would have seen—or not seen—was the 98th. The 99th, which has had a shorter life than a mayfly, has been revoked by the 100th. News to the effect that the Ministry of Justice brought forward the update centenary because they had ordered the celebratory sausage rolls too early is fake. The 99th job was ditched so as to omit amendments to PD51R relating to online civil money claims because of technical issues. A standalone

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Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
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Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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