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22 March 2019
Issue: 7833 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 22 March 2019

Open the cage; master of the court: five days left; editing the experts; success fees unsuccessful.

CPR BINGO RESUMED

Update 104 You’ve asked for more This game was started in the last 'Civil Way' (see NLJ 8 March 2019, p17 ) with CPR update 105 and the costs bits of update 104. We continue it now as we call out the highlights of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (SI 2019/342) and the new and revised PDs which make up this swinging 104th update. Changes come into force on 6 April 2019.

Come in and watch Judges have nothing to hide and if the litigants want to spend their money warring in tune with the rules of evidence and the CPR then let the nation be fully in on it. Civil justice is going entirely public. Well most of it. PD 39A on miscellaneous provisions relating to proceedings is scrapped and a revamped Part 39 takes over. The general rule remains that a hearing—and that is redefined to embrace a hearing

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers drives further growth in its UK immigration team with new partner Sophie Barrett-Brown

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal invests in next generation of legal talent as specialist litigation practice grows

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips continues momentum in London with arrival of Catrina Smith

NEWS
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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